moses and I live in the same kind of country, though half the circumference of the world apart. I can shoot off the back porch and pee off the front, without concern.

Good answer, moses, concerning the goshawks (read Cooper's hawks, Sharp-shinned hawks, etc. here ................protected by law).

Shrikes also impale insects and small reptiles on barbed wire fences, convenient "thorns".

SRH

Last edited by Stan; 11/20/18 10:09 PM.
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