On 2013-04-11 13:36:12 +0100, David Hill said:

On 11/04/2013 09:00, Sacha wrote:
We saw it again this morning, in its original spot by the cedar tree.
But this time, it was dive-bombing a rook on the ground! What an
exhausting life! Anyhow, it was swooping back and forth, and seemed to
be trying to get the rook away, so that suggested to us that it is
probably nesting lower down in that tree, or somewhere closeby.

Strange.
This afternoon as I was having lunch I was watching a Collard Dove
giving a Magpie hell, it wouldn't leave it in peace, just kept after
it..

Perhaps the dove has eggs and the magpie knows it! Some of the rooks
are still nest-building. I saw a female flying up into the tree with a
twig in her mouth, so either she's a late starter, or she's doing
running repairs!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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