The information below was compiled by E. H. Eaton and is taken from Leon Whitney's book Keep Your Pigeons Flying, published in 1961. The following table, compiled by Eaton, lists the hawks found in America. Of these hawks, 4 are beneficial, 2 are borderline and 5 are injurious. The information in the table was based on the examination of the stomach contents of 2,700 hawks.
BENEFICIAL
Rough-legged
0 0 2 81 10 2 8
Broad-Winged 0 3 43 22 19 45 10
Red-shouldered 1 6 32 50 20 45 7
Sparrow 1/3 17 13 28 4 7 9
BORDERLINE
Red-Tailed 10 9 7 50 24 8 19
Marsh 6 27 8 46 18 10 7
INJURIOUS
Goshawk 36 8 --- --- 40 12 32
Cooper 23 49 3 --- 8 2 30
Sharp-Skinned 4 66 --- 4 --- 4 35
Duck 35 45 --- 5 --- 10 20 Pigeon 4 80 --- 4 --- 32 9
Some people feel that the injurious hawks should be removed from the protected mirgreating birds list because the programs returning them into wild have over populated them and are putting other birds at risk of exstinction. Others feel that we should not allow anyone to own a bird of prey. To breed or for any other purpose. How do you Feel? Only one vote to a computer will be taken.
