General Chat

Sharron

Was the actual body there?
I ask because there had obviously been 'a killing' in our garden last weekend, but no bones remained, just lots of feathers indicating it was probably a fledgling seagull that was the casualty. Someone suggested crows might do that, as the cats around here just kill, but don't usually eat the evidence.

The body was belly up under the window, showing grey belly feathers and some striped feathers like a bird of prey but, as the head was visible, I could see it was the wrong beak for that.but not that it was particularly long so I surmised it was a cuckoo.

Fred's mate looked at it and found it to be a woodpecker. It appears to have been dead awhile because it stunk. Dunno where it must have come from unless it died on the roof or the solar panels and finally slid off yesterday..

Gwyn the feathers you mention might be from a Bird of Prey kill. Lasy week i was sitting there wondering where feathers were coming from...looked up and on top of a pole was a falcon plucking away at it's kill...once it'd cleaned most of the feathers it took off with the kill between it's talons.