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Originally Posted by My lil friend  This is a very good reminder. It is mating season for all of the preditors and the will be hungry. Also remember that this is the time of the year that snakes are hatching,venom from a baby snake is just as deadly. I live in the city but we still have coyotes,hawks and all kinds of snakes. Keep your grass short!! |
Actually Rattler babies have more venom. In fact, they are more pugnacious than the adults. Adults are able to control the amount of venom when they bite and babies are not- they give you all of it.
Also be cautious of anything moving in the trees! We should be scared of Owls. I read an article on them. An hawk while sitting on a rock, if you start walking up to them they will move- An owl sitting in a tree is not seen or heard you can be right underneath it and the owl will stay there. Then it will try to swoop down and take your dog-
Owls are larger- they are able to carry more weight, An hawk depending on size can only carry smaller animals, like like field mouse, and sometimes if small enough squirrels.
A hawk will only catch what he can eat, they do not like to waste food, however an Owl will catch something larger than what he can eat and leave it there.
When hawks attack they like to have a level swooping area- They are not really good at short kills, if they do "have" to they will usually not fly away with it, they will eat it where it killed. Owls can swoop down on short distances.
The article I read, studied Owls and Hawks, he said we should be aware of hawks, but Owl are far more dangerous.