Sand hill Cranes...urgh... Our neighborhood has two pairs of sandhill cranes which have chicks each year. They are very large birds, almost as tall as me, and they have an immense wing span when they rear up to threaten. They are a protected species, and have no fear whatsoever of humans. Although it is illegal, we have a neighbor in the community who sets out birdseed for them in their driveway. For some reason, the adult male bird has taken a dislike of Ty. Tyrone is skittish by nature, and we walk by on the sidewalk across the street to avoid triggering the bird. Gus ignores, and is ignored, by the birds. Today the large male flew over and landed no more than two feet from Ty. It reared up and threatened with a flapping wing display, and did not back up when my husband yelled at it to get away. It finally stood still and let us pass, but protected or not, someone is asking for pepper spray if this persists! |
Carry a small spray bottle of Ammonia with you,find that works with unruly dogs,should work with these cranes as well. |
OMG that had to be scary, thank goodness Ty ignored that aggressive bird. Any noise making thing I can think of to maybe scare this bird off will more then likely scare little Ty also. Ty gets one attaboy for not getting scared of it. |
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You need to protect sweet Ty no matter what it takes - anything that's legal that is. |
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Might try opening up a large, black, suddenly-unfolding, automatic umbrella to give your outline a much larger, more imposing outline and a barrier between your baby and the bird who feels he's got his rights. Has worked for years on would-be bully dogs, no matter the size, maybe will on big birds and no alleged "assault" w/chemicals involved to stir up law enforcement or neighbors with cell phone cameras. |
Don't know why I can't post a link to it but an Arkansas Democrat Gazette article: The World's Most Dangerous Gamebird? describes a horrifying attack by thought-dead Sandhilll Cranes. Scary creatures! Also read some other articles that said startling them with sudden, unexpected things like rubber snakes or things they fear can scare them off, too. But the unfolding automatic umbrella suddenly swishing from little to giant before another creature's eyes usually sends them scrambling. |
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Thanks for all of the helpful suggestions everyone! :thumbs up |
That sounds scary. You could also get a picture of your neighbor feeding them and report it or maybe talk to your neighbor about how scary these birds are and that by feeding them they are keeping them around and making it unsafe for you and other people and their pets. |
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But, look, even if they didn't accept it gracefully, I'd rather take a chance of briefly scaring my dog than the horror and trauma associated with an actual vicious attack, the blood and pain, awful vet treatments, painful rehab or losing it to a creature out to maim or kill it! |
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Good luck. |
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