Nest Sizes?

[Hawkmaster]

Are there any rules or guidelines to follow?

[Shaun Byrne]

Depends what birds you're talking about. The bird will only build a nest or scrape big enough for its needs. You obviously need to put in a ledge big enough for the nest. I normally use a 3' x 3' for Hawks, with a 6" front to stop young chicks from making their way out.

[Jack Merlin]

Someone told me recently they use an old motorcar tyre. Doesn't help much on size but it sounded a good idea.

I suppose you should expect the nest to be similar to what it would be in the wild. For a gos, about the size of a buzzard's nest?

[Hawkmaster]

It is for my Gos.

[Jastreb]

I was speaking wit Dave Jones and he told me 1,5 meter with 1,5 meter. I did it like he said and my female is very happy. I still cant resize my pics so I will send it to you and you resize it and put it here if you want HM!

[Jack Merlin]

I still cant resize my pics

Do a search on Google for ImageReady. I think there is a free download copy. I haven't tried it (the free download) but I do remember seeing the site. It is a good program and shows your pix in various resolutions and download speeds so you can pick the best compromise.

[Moritz]

Use paint to size your pics. open the pic with paint, click on image, stretch/skew and change the %, but both the same.

Tyres are good for falcones, I think they are to small for goshawks. 1,5 times 1,5 sounds a good size for Goshawks.

take care

Moritz

[Jastreb]

Thanks I send pics to Hawkmaster to resize them, and I will try with your sugestion now!

[Jastreb]

On the nest

[Hawkmaster]

I have since found that a metre will do nicely and preferrably without corners where some young can get pushed up against.

[CJTaylor]

Paul i used a plastic bread basket,the type sunblest etc use for carrying bread to stores,they work a treat for gosses,plus they are dead easy to attach cover and foliage to due to there make up,in fact i personaly dont think they can be beat,just go to a local store and look at one ,you will know where im coming from once youve seen one...Colin.ps the corners are dead easy to pad out like a real nest and ive never had a prob with them.

[Leo 1]

wood a hh bild the nest its self if i put the stuf it nedid in the flyt

[Goldie]

It is for my Gos.

Paul, i always use a large tyre for my goshawks. Ideal would be one from say a 4x4. The one i am using now is from a 16" rim and has a 225 width.
Remove 1 of the walls and you end up with approx a 26" diam.
I usually half fill it with twigs and supply the rest to let the female finish the job.
Found it to be very successful with all the gosses.

[Hawkmaster]

Great I was thinking this would work well but was concerned about the steel wire? Do you have a picture?

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Great I was thinking this would work well but was concerned about the steel wire? Do you have a picture?


I pack play pen sand into a tyre and i mean pack leaving a natrual cup

put lay landies all around the tyre and chuck loads of long clean green grass in pen before eggs are laid

last year though I cut a loads of small thin shoots branches twigs etc (hazel)

tied together and bent to a circle then packed with lay landie as with tyre

that worked fine too heres a piccy of that but the harris,s have redecortated by now and its hard to see

http://web.onetel.com/%7Ejosh234/prodgeny_files/youngharrisprod.gif

[Goldie]

Great I was thinking this would work well but was concerned about the steel wire? Do you have a picture?

First time i used a tyre i was a little concerned about the odd wire that was sticking up so i went round the edge with a blow lamp to smooth it out.;)
Since then i got real technical:P i now split a piece of hose pipe and put it round the edge.

[Gosman_2]

I use an old barberque after the young fledge i take it out and set fire to the nest in it and cook a few burgers :lol: