Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Thanks Dell, I'll enjoy browsing those, but Arch , I think this might be the footage you were on about
http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded
Checking out my 'new neighbour'
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http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Yeah, that's it. Amazing how it zips through tiny gaps with wings folded in, at speed. I can't even aim my bike through a Sustrans gate at any speed.
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Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I had a pair of Starlings this afternoon too.
One was sitting between the bars on my driveway gates while the other was paddling in a puddle on my bay window roof. It looked like it was selecting nesting material from the wind blows bits of stuff in the puddle.
Quite funny as it seemed to be washing, flexing and testing the weight of each piece before making a choice. Then it flew down to the gate for a final check with its mate and when the piece was finally approved they both flew off.
It'll take them all year to get a nest built at that rate!
One was sitting between the bars on my driveway gates while the other was paddling in a puddle on my bay window roof. It looked like it was selecting nesting material from the wind blows bits of stuff in the puddle.
Quite funny as it seemed to be washing, flexing and testing the weight of each piece before making a choice. Then it flew down to the gate for a final check with its mate and when the piece was finally approved they both flew off.
It'll take them all year to get a nest built at that rate!
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
Or via the BBC website. I think the clip I mentioned earlier in the thread (peregrine v. pigeon in the City) is there too, but site is very slow for me and it won't play more than a few seconds at a time.
Goshawk 'in-flight' footage is pretty amazing though
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Absolutely awe- inspiring.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I had a pair of Starlings this afternoon too.
One was sitting between the bars on my driveway gates while the other was paddling in a puddle on my bay window roof. It looked like it was selecting nesting material from the wind blows bits of stuff in the puddle.
Quite funny as it seemed to be washing, flexing and testing the weight of each piece before making a choice. Then it flew down to the gate for a final check with its mate and when the piece was finally approved they both flew off.
It'll take them all year to get a nest built at that rate!
How sweet. Like going round Ikea....
I wonder it was actually like humans. The one choosing the pieces (curtains, wallpaper, hi fi, power drill) was taking ages, and the other was just going "Yeah, whatever, can we get a coffee now?"
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Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
The hawk/falcon bird was back on the same roof top today.
In the bright sunlight I could see it better but no time for photos as I was heading into work.
It is all solid dark brown with slightly reddish wings. No head or chest markings or patterns in the feathers and a bright yellow beak.
In the bright sunlight I could see it better but no time for photos as I was heading into work.
It is all solid dark brown with slightly reddish wings. No head or chest markings or patterns in the feathers and a bright yellow beak.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I put these details into the "bird identifier" here: http://www.surfbirds.com/ukbirdid.html#Anchor-Instantly-41650
and it came up with...
http://www.surfbirder.com/cgi-bin/u...=no&colors=darkbrown&colors=red&colors=yellow
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Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I've hit phesants and it definately isn't one of them!
On the subject of sparrowhawks - quite common in our area but we rarely get a visit in our postage-stamp of a back garden. So this morning it was quite a treat, even if it was an unlucky day for the fully-grown male blackbird (quite a beakful even for a sparrowhawk!) which it had just killed.
The blackbird is mostly hidden behind the clump of grass. Unfortunately this rather blurred image is the only frame I got before the sparrowhawk took off - taking the blackbird with it but leaving a pile of feathers on our lawn.
The blackbird is mostly hidden behind the clump of grass. Unfortunately this rather blurred image is the only frame I got before the sparrowhawk took off - taking the blackbird with it but leaving a pile of feathers on our lawn.
