tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post5725345386727168131..comments2024-03-28T13:23:34.891+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Feeding the sparrowhawkA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-22956868852324531732012-10-10T21:39:06.252+01:002012-10-10T21:39:06.252+01:00James - merely a few bones.James - merely a few bones.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-39239040699214369522012-10-10T21:28:55.112+01:002012-10-10T21:28:55.112+01:00plus a bit of the carcass
A "bit" of a ...plus a bit of the carcass<br /><br />A "bit" of a carcass, eh?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-17757930413370770332012-10-10T20:37:01.061+01:002012-10-10T20:37:01.061+01:00Sam - yes, Derby cathedral also has peregrines and...Sam - yes, Derby cathedral also has peregrines and the pigeons don't clear off as you might expect. I suppose the benefits for the many outweigh the occasional loss of a family member.<br /><br />Sparrowhawks just seem to stand on their prey and tear lumps out of it which is presumably what your peregrine was doing to the pigeon. Brutal!A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-41446074472405131472012-10-10T20:15:07.603+01:002012-10-10T20:15:07.603+01:00We have celebrity (at least C-list) peregrines who...We have celebrity (at least C-list) peregrines who live in the local cathedral spire. They are often to be seen circling the cathedral, or bringing back food for their noisy fledglings. Sometimes the whole family go shrieking around over the cathedral close. Strange, but the hundreds of pigeons around pay them no attention at all. Sometimes bits of feather and shredded pigeon are raining down from the spire, and the rest of the pigeons just get on with their walking and preening and that fat neck stuff that the males do in front of females.<br /><br />Once my son and I came out of the house to see a peregrine on the pavement, pinning down a fat woodpigeon. We tried not to make a noise, but it lost its nerve and flew off, at which the pigeon scrambled to its feet and flapped off in the other direction. It left a spot of blood about an inch across on the path. Didn't even say thank you.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com