Feral Pigeons
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Picked up a few extra ferals. There were seven this morning. Have even learned how to get on the feeder in the hawthorn, navigating the branches.
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They're quick learners and unfortunately the less bright ones learn from the others.
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I now have one less feral visiting. It must have been about first light when a Sprawk had a successful kill. I did not see the attack but I did find the feathers and gut parts that the Sprawk didn't want to eat. The carsass was missing which leads me to believe it was a female Sprawk.
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Sad for the pigeon, but no doubt it was a good meal for the sparrowhawk. A natural way of thinning them out. Had a red one on the roof the other day, and also counted nine of them.
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I think the Sprawk bagged another feral today. I was out most of the day and came home to feathers on the back lawn. There weren't as many as last time and there was no sign of a carcass which means it was disturbed and flew off with it to a quieter place.
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Sprawk is getting lucky. Someone is throwing corn out into the carpark by my front door, don`t know who as not spotted it being done.
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My Feral population seems to have settled at about 6 at the moment. They come quite a lot but are not being a nuisance. Interestingly they sometimes have a Stock Dove with them.
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I had a feral in the garden this afternoon looking as though it was suffering from Trico. Although it was able to fly it didn't move when I walked right by it perched on the bird bath. It hung around for while and disappeared around teatime.