I've been feeding this guy trying to keep him around to get rid of all the birds and squirrels that are eating my figs 

Semper vigil ficus praesidio

Great!

Cool.  I have friends (without figs) who have done the same thing. They have red-tailed hawks, and they've been feeding them bits of meat for a few years now. They put the tid-bits on the top of a fence post, and the hawks (there are now a pair) who wait in the nearby trees. When they trap a gopher, that also goes on the fence post for the birds.

Wish I had a watch hawk! So is it working is he hanging around and scaring away the vermin?

How and what do you feed them? I have many hawks, but never thought about feeding them. I know when they need a snack, they just fly by the bird feeder and take one.

luke

I know this may sound crazy bit I have a bird feeder 5 ft from a tree and the birds land on the tree but only as a perch while waiting for the other birds on the feeder to leave.  Not a single peck in a fig this season.  Acts like a decoy I guess.

there are hawks, and falcons in nc. wonder how to attract them. i do see them circling around now and then.. it would be neat idea for pest control.