Another John wrote:
Any ideas? See this:

http://i39.tinypic.com/jr5fy9.jpg

This blue tit was found dead in the birdfeeder, hanging there, as you
see.

My friend, whose feeder it is, says:

Recently dead (it was still warm) and completely jammed into the
seed feeder shoot!! Head squashed to a pulp - took a lot of effort
to free it. What the hell has gone on? Has it flown into the hole
or what? !

She says she had to remove all the seeds to get the poor thing out.
The head was crushed, but not bloody. Her garden is small, and very
enclosed -- it would be virtually impossible for anyone to sneak in
and do this as a "prank" -- not without leaving broken bits of fence,
shrubbery etc.

Has anyone ever experienced such a thing? Bird flies full tilt into
feeder hole?!

Cheers
John

Very strange. If there had been a void in the seeds which suddenly collapsed
on top of the bird's head, it seems unlikely it would crush it to a pulp or
at all. The skull is bone, after all.

One for Miss Marple!


Ian