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Butterfly
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by Butterfly » Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:26 am
I heard lots of magpies distressed alert calls yesterday afternoon just across the road, and I knew that a predator is near by. So I looked outside and saw a sparowhawk on the ground. I thought it caught a pray, as they do that when they catch something, pin them on the ground. As it just happened, I decided to go and see what it is. However, as I moved closer, it didn't move. Only when I got really close I saw that its dead

. There was no sign of any injury or trauma. It was very odd and I have no idea how/why it died. It looked really beautiful

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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:20 pm
Butterfly wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:26 am
I heard lots of magpies distressed alert calls yesterday afternoon just across the road, and I knew that a predator is near by. So I looked outside and saw a sparowhawk on the ground. I thought it caught a pray, as they do that when they catch something, pin them on the ground. As it just happened, I decided to go and see what it is. However, as I moved closer, it didn't move. Only when I got really close I saw that its dead

. There was no sign of any injury or trauma. It was very odd and I have no idea how/why it died. It looked really beautiful
Could it have been struck by a vehicle? They fly very fast and low sometimes leaving themselves vulnerable to unseen threats.
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by Butterfly » Wed Aug 14, 2024 8:23 am
Jacksparrow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:20 pm
Butterfly wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:26 am
I heard lots of magpies distressed alert calls yesterday afternoon just across the road, and I knew that a predator is near by. So I looked outside and saw a sparowhawk on the ground. I thought it caught a pray, as they do that when they catch something, pin them on the ground. As it just happened, I decided to go and see what it is. However, as I moved closer, it didn't move. Only when I got really close I saw that its dead

. There was no sign of any injury or trauma. It was very odd and I have no idea how/why it died. It looked really beautiful
Could it have been struck by a vehicle? They fly very fast and low sometimes leaving themselves vulnerable to unseen threats.
That's what I thought too, but it didn't look like it was struck by a vehicle, I and another neighbour who came to see if the bird needs help inspected it and we couldn't see any sign of any trauma, no missing/roughed up feathers, no broken bones/wings , no blood anywhere, absolutely nothing. Very odd

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Willpar
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by Willpar » Wed Sep 04, 2024 8:13 am
Out with the bird food in the garden this morning and a goose flew over.
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by Jacksparrow » Wed Sep 04, 2024 7:40 pm
We get geese occasionally usually flying in formation honking loudly. Always Canada Geese.
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by Willpar » Wed Sep 04, 2024 8:08 pm
Nice sunny morning and part of the afternoon. High of 18c.
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by Jacksparrow » Mon Sep 16, 2024 7:34 pm
I have not seen a blackbird in my garden for about a month. Today there were two.
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by Willpar » Mon Sep 16, 2024 8:23 pm
Good news JS, not seen any in the garden for around two weeks now.
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by Jacksparrow » Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:17 pm
I had a GSW in the rowan tree this morning. The tree has some dead branches and he was knocking the bark off looking for insects.
In the front garden I had 3 Jackdaws and 2 Magpies all at the same time. Strangely they were all doing the same thing which was looking for spiders and insects on my neighbours trellis fence.
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by Willpar » Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:39 pm
Nice bird to have in the garden JS. Never had one here, although only a stones throw from the woods.