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Sparrowhawk Kill ?
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:48 pm
by Chris Rae
Dead BH Gull in the garden this morning; presumably the victim of a SH but only mantle feathers removed - see Gallery. Also both bullfinch and brambling (possibly two) returned today.
this reminds me
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:07 pm
by Hewitt03
this reminds me of a recent photography article in BirdWatch magazine. there were photos of a buzzard taking down a common gull and trying to kill it. the buzzard eventually gave up and the common gull survived, but it had all of its neck feathers plucked and its neck was a bloody mess
we wittnessed this.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:04 pm
by nora west
A few years ago in Throstle Nest Wood. Coppull. Tommy and myself disturbed a Sparrowhawk plucking a woodpigeons neck feathers out. When it saw us it let go of the woodpigeon and the woodpigeon flew away minus its neck feathers. How long it would survive like that I dont know.