Abstract
Birds of prey, as a rule, are not popular among aviculturists. I must admit, my first experience with such magnificent birds was much the same as most gamebird breeders. Having a small pheasant and waterfowl collection I awoke one day to discover a few less pheasants and one rather full red-tailed hawk. Not wishing to harm the bird I consulted with some of the more "seasoned" gamebird breeders who suggested I purchase some guinea fowl. It wasn't clear if the screaming from the birds was supposed to awaken the gamebird breeder, who, in turn, should scare the hawk away, or if they would run the winged killer off themselves. In any event, the hawk, one at a time, killed all the guinea fowl' Fortunately it never returned after it fed upon the last...
