Post by elle on May 5, 2020 16:54:33 GMT
Hi All
It is a beautiful bird as we all agree, but as you say Paul it’s not something I like to see in my neighbourhood, I had suspicions there were some kind of hawk in her neighbourhood because she had gone into her garden one day & was horrified to see a pigeon (I think) or lack of it, in the middle of her lawn, it looked like it had been picked meticulously. From what her neighbours have said it’s been around for years (I don’t know how long they live) & apparently the bluetits & greatits used to be in abundance, then all of a sudden their numbers suddenly declined and eventually disappeared, & this is when this lovely bird was first discovered that being said, Sparrows and blackbirds are still thriving
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Amanda, thankyou for the info, this is something for next year I think when I will possibly have a bit more time to suss out.
Benn, I never thought of this bird as the grim reaper but you are exactly right, we also have one hang around our neighbourhood, you can usually tell cos the birds goes ever so quiet, eerily quiet and usually disappears. The good thing is my daughter doesn’t have the same bird hobby as me (think both my girls had enough of me being neurotic when they lived at home) so at least she won’t have the upset of watching any birds get predated by this wonderful species, seeing the remains of the pigeon on her lawn upset her enough when she realised what had happened!!!
Taz you are exactly right they really are stealth like
Stay safe everyone
Elle
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It is a beautiful bird as we all agree, but as you say Paul it’s not something I like to see in my neighbourhood, I had suspicions there were some kind of hawk in her neighbourhood because she had gone into her garden one day & was horrified to see a pigeon (I think) or lack of it, in the middle of her lawn, it looked like it had been picked meticulously. From what her neighbours have said it’s been around for years (I don’t know how long they live) & apparently the bluetits & greatits used to be in abundance, then all of a sudden their numbers suddenly declined and eventually disappeared, & this is when this lovely bird was first discovered that being said, Sparrows and blackbirds are still thriving
.Amanda, thankyou for the info, this is something for next year I think when I will possibly have a bit more time to suss out.
Benn, I never thought of this bird as the grim reaper but you are exactly right, we also have one hang around our neighbourhood, you can usually tell cos the birds goes ever so quiet, eerily quiet and usually disappears. The good thing is my daughter doesn’t have the same bird hobby as me (think both my girls had enough of me being neurotic when they lived at home) so at least she won’t have the upset of watching any birds get predated by this wonderful species, seeing the remains of the pigeon on her lawn upset her enough when she realised what had happened!!!
Taz you are exactly right they really are stealth like
Stay safe everyone
Elle
xx