I had Telrex antennas up for many years. Once, I saw some large bird sitting on
the the boom of the 15 meter antenna at 85 feet. I looked again and noticed
that the talons went all the was around the 3.5 inch boom. I tiptoed around,
hoping I wouldn’t make the bird angry!
K4TO
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 8:25 PM, Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have OWLS in the night and Turkey Vultures in the morning perched drying
> there wings in preparation to Soaring flight.
>
> Both are protected be law the Vultures use to short out the loading wire
> on the High Gain 3 element 40 ( I turned the element side ways 90 degres
> that helped but caused an icing dilemma ! as for the OWL cast.... there
> tough to remove once hardened on the tower rungs 😞
>
>
> Wayne W3EA
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Richard
> Thorne <rthorne@rthorne.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 5:54 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fully Nested
>
> I have Great Horned Owls that hang out on my tower's . They'll have a
> who off in the mornings just before sunrise.
>
> They leave presents at the base of my towers, normally the fur of an
> eaten mouse. One of them decided to perch on a 15m element and the
> element lost.
>
> Rich - N5ZC
>
> On 8/30/2017 3:31 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> I have Harris Hawks perching on my beam a lot. There have been as
>> many as six at one time. I'm always reluctant to turn the beam when
>> they are there. They are rare in the way that they hunt cooperatively
>> and the fact that the mother is in charge. Earlier in the year, a
>> pair of Peregrine falcons was nesting in a neighbor's tree but using
>> my tower as a hunting perch.
>>
>> A friend, also a ham, is a licensed falconer and he has one of each
>> that he hunts with.
>>
>> Wes N7WS
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/30/2017 12:23 PM, George VE3YV wrote:
>>> Nice to see a post where someone isn't advocating getting out the
>>> shotgun or
>>> bazooka but is willing to be patient and let nature take her course. HI
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, George VE3YV / K8HI
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>>
>>> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:19:17 +0000 (UTC)
>>>
>>> From: Russ Dearmore <champsruss@yahoo.com
>>> <mailto:champsruss@yahoo.com> >
>>>
>>> To: "towertalk@contesting.com <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com> "
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>>>
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fully Nested
>>>
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>>>
>>> ?All,? I haven't been on the air lately because a mother bird chose to
>>> select my TX-472 for her nest and at about eye level is a nest of 3
>>> little
>>> babies.? Just don't have the heart to scare them into jumping out when I
>>> raise the tower to 72'.? My patience is wearing a bit thin though.?
>>> Fully
>>> nested and a failure to launch...? Hi? Russ K5ZZR
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
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