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[OTish] I think we might 'ave an 'awk!
Hi,
about a week or so back, one morning whilst glancing out of the window from across the room, I saw what looked like an explosion in a pigeon factory - feathers everywhere and rising in the wind to blow over towards our garden. By the time I got to the window for a good look, there were just a few drifting feathers. I assumed 'something' had got a pigeon, but probably not on the ground because of the height of the cloud of feathers. Today, looking out on our lawn, there is a cluster of pigeon feathers but no pigeon. They weren't there about an hour ago. The cats don't show any sign of pride in finally catching a piddy, and if they have they have concealed the corpse very well and forgotten it very quickly. So methinks we may have a hawk. We could do with one - there are a ridiculous number of pigeons around this year and they keep pecking away at our plum trees. Now wondering, if there is a hawk, where it takes its kill to eat. Years back I saw one on the back fence with something in one claw, but I presume they normally repair to somewhere discrete to partake of lunch. We see Kestrels all the time, hovering over verges. I presume that something which will take a full sized pigeon will be larger, and hunt from a greater height. Do they still hover, or do they drift around like the seagulls, just looking? Cheers Dave R -- |
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