Born Hunter 17,788 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Que Socks......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,788 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Driving home just last weekend I saw a Rook giving a pair of peewits a hard time. Nearly stopped to video it to show the necessity of keepers in protecting threatened ground nesters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,849 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 You see dead rats,foxes, badgers, squirrels, pigeons and deer on the road - all manner of vermin. But you never see an RTA crow ! my mate got knocked off his motorbike by a crow ,hit him in the head and the bike was a write off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 A few months back I stood in my garden with my mate & we watched 2 crows harass a Hare for over an hour. The hare continually chased away these crows, sometimes up to 50+ metres & then always returned to exactly the same spot. We assumed the hare was protecting a leveret? After an hour I couldn't resist any longer & broke the 'naturalist' rule book...haha & I walked up to check things out. The crows went first, then finally the hare got up from the same spot & disappeared over the horizon, leaving just a small scrape in the ground. Was the Hare about to give birth & the Crows knew it?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shovel leaner 7,650 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 went in to one of my pheasant release pens one morning and picked up about 7 dead poults all with signs of being killed by a bird of prey , I immediately thought "Gos hawk" . So I returned after my rounds to wait all day if need be to "shoo away" the culprit.I settled down tucked away to wait , didn't have to wait long as this bird swooped straight over my head like a Harris hawk and nailed another poult right in front of my eyes . It wasn't eating them just killing, for the sake of it , and what was it ? A Buzzard, the harmless carrion eaters . They don't all behave like that I know but a few will . Even the more placid ones are a pest because they will just hang around watching poults , and this stresses the birds , and makes them tuck up somewhere safe when they should be eating or drinking or sunning themselves. Too bloody many now . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 went in to one of my pheasant release pens one morning and picked up about 7 dead poults all with signs of being killed by a bird of prey , I immediately thought "Gos hawk" . So I returned after my rounds to wait all day if need be to "shoo away" the culprit.I settled down tucked away to wait , didn't have to wait long as this bird swooped straight over my head like a Harris hawk and nailed another poult right in front of my eyes . It wasn't eating them just killing, for the sake of it , and what was it ? A Buzzard, the harmless carrion eaters . They don't all behave like that I know but a few will . Even the more placid ones are a pest because they will just hang around watching poults , and this stresses the birds , and makes them tuck up somewhere safe when they should be eating or drinking or sunning themselves. Too bloody many now . There is a hell of a lot falconer's pissed off with Buzzards now, they've become known for attacking falconry birds, even goshawks & killing said birds. I met a belgian falconer a while back who supported his local buzzard population with food additives.....;-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Call me what you will but I have seen the hovering similar to a kesral..We get plenty a buzzard round here..Always see them aboth the house .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,849 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Call me what you will but I have seen the hovering similar to a kesral..We get plenty a buzzard round here..Always see them aboth the house .. I see them hovering like a kestrel all the time over my field looking for voels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,686 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Yeah seen them hovering before now. When the farmers cut the fields near kids school,quite often see red kite or 2 soaring over. We got a buzzard hanging around the housing estate where i live. Seen it perched on the handrail of wooden bridge that goes over the culvert by the park in middle of the estate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) Has it always been a common thing with them greg mate? I never new they could do it till I seen it..We have ever Increasing numbers of them here..There nice to see about in numbers ,same as all wildlife....Keepers may not agree though lol.. Myself don't think they course half the bother what's claimed they do ..But I could be wrong? Edited June 2, 2017 by tb25 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,248 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Loads here. Like them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,849 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Has it always been a common thing with them greg mate? I never new they could do it till I seen it..We have ever Increasing numbers of them here..There nice to see about in numbers ,same as all wildlife....Keepers may not agree though lol.. Myself don't think they course half the bother what's claimed they do ..But I could be wrong? they don't seem to be able to sustain the hovering for vey long like a kestrel but I see it often Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,493 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Thought the buzzards had poor power in there talons that's why they mostly eat carrion ?. if you go on any motorway up here there seems to be one on every second post waiting for what a car kills 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tilimangro 1,013 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 I wasn't aware they could do it till I saw it It's actually pretty impressive for such a large bird Wonder if it's learned behaviour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,817 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 In the area I set my cameras out in, there is a massive expanse of flat land surrounded by steep cliffs and rock faces, the buzzards just sit there hovering on the rising thermals as the warm wind comes straight across the flat then rises up the cliff face, it requires little to know effort and yes they can stay there for ages hovering like a kestrel, in hot weather the Tarmac on the motorways gets so hot that it also sends heat thermals up in a straight line which is why they always seem to be hanging along the motorway during the summer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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