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Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8822 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 24 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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or the local takeaway as it is known to their family
grin at close range was interesting, grin having a laugh with my hair probably happened
raptors are a bit special, lunch learns to live, or die, with them
we are less than a mile from grin towers, ie faster than me from bed to the kitchen
grin has lots of options within 5 mins fly, look and shop distance, very polite here, maybe half a dozen serious attempts and 2 kills a year, passing by causes quite a bit of alarm though
a good strategy to not overharvest one place or dish
some of the more resident are getting a little too hormonal, flash and hansom need to get over it |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 24 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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the catch was outside, 2.5M away, in the air
the movement got my attention so i saw how well it was done
adjust, grab, and land in a fraction of a second in airspace no bigger than a wardrobe with a sparrow that did not even twitch
kinetics and talons does fit the speed, aggression and surprise criteria
the sparrow did not evade, it was hit while doing sparrow stuff, it had no opportunity to be surprised
splendid flying in a very tight space at high speed, and i was lucky enough to be in the place to see it
for a month or two i lived on a beach top in kernow with grins 15 m up the cliff about 50 m away, they were interesting to watch on the "nest" and when hunting
that was amateur bird watching, this is amateur observations up close and personal, very personal for my sparrow chum, although a kind kill it was unaware of
the sparrows know something happened and being very cautious
that was a good wow wildlife moment, rather savage and now the sparrows, pigeons and daws are acting like nothing happened
who will be first on the duvet which is scattered for collection and awaiting reuse?
bird town is a bit shocked, another observation that requires being part of bird town and knowing the "vibe"
local, long term, constant vs a month being bothered by the landscape and not target critters and pathogens in a strange place?
my choice is easy, up the jungle with exotic "things" is best left to folk who live with them, explain why, share knowledge and "tools" if needed for them to share what they know and learn, study a few meters sq near the kitchen door and tell folk what you see
i have a top avian predator taking afternoon tea in a suburban yard, i must be doing something right
grin is a magnificent critter with a very good tailor
Efficiently kind for a predator kill, it makes hunting easier if they are got without knowing they were coming to dinner, kind is nice.
some of the local invertebrates are beyond savage, a few are efficiently kind(big up to the funnel webs)
having seen assorted "hunts", grin is the most talented of owt local, best trousers award as well |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15863
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 24 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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the sparrows are more experienced, working as a flight with awacs and combat flying
they have lost their rather casual attitude to avian peril and are observing and evading as a team
the sparrow jackdaw pigeon combo is a robust flight, and they have interests that are compatible
they do seem to be a bit closer than tolerate, if any are alarmed all are alarmed, they feed together more often than i would have expected
they may fall out over eggs and chicks or they will cooperate on such matters to repel the magpies which none of them like during nesting season
i will observe
watching coordinated air security and food sharing between 3 species is fun to see
i was lucky enough to get to hear cooperation between rivals and species in derbyshire, seeing a mixed flock up close is different to listening to alarm calls from sector to sector in a rain forest on a dramatic sloped environment
cross species awareness is effective for all of them, and handy if you know the ground predator calls and where they are coming from, what they are worried about, what it is doing and how fast it is moving ttdntyas
thinking of temperate rain forest, it has been surprisingly wet for months
about 2" in the last 12 hours |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15863
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46089 Location: yes
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 24 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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it warmed up today, some bees and flapperfies(small brown/orange butterflies and other aerial anomalies and assorted bees)
slithery,walky stuff seems active as well
we have, well maybe had, loads of tiny inverts as the wren is busy hoovering today, ditto some of the sparrows
birdtown is keen on high protein high fat food, "fridge lurker" extra mature cheddar was popular with 4 species of avian, i hid the bit for the sammisons so that will be 5spp
considering i am often awake during darkness, i might have a look at what is in the shadows with the cobra, tis amazing how many critters are out in the dark if you can see in enhanced night vis and/or IR at 4x and quite wide angle
owls and bats are plausible here, plenty of ambient light for the enhanced view, there are no floor level bits in eyeball that eyeball cannot see well
if there are bats, i will spot em in the sky, i have not seen any with naked eyeball this season
bat gnats, at least one sp of gnat is out in numbers im not sure if they night fly
the cobra can see moths as well as bats and owls and other things, if they are there
dont look wont know, it is not crossing the andes by frog
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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