23-06-2017, 02:26 PM
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Re: Birds
Originally Posted by Mups
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I haven't a photo, but just wanted to tell you that nearly every day for the last week or so, Red Kites have been fighting with the Blackbirds over my house.They are gliding round and round overhead, squawking and squeaking, and a couple of days ago there were 11 blackbirds and 1 kite fighting. The blackbirds seemed to be coming from everywhere.
Today there was a kite and 2 blackbirds making a right old racket at each other.
Funny thing is though, I can't quite make out who is the villain because the big boy seems to fly after them and try and peck them, then they fly and chase him.
What would be going on, any ideas? Would the kite be trying to take their eggs?
Large flocks of small birds can get involved and mostly just trying to move the bird elsewhere but occasional like your blackbirds protecting their offspring.
Often the first sign of a predator is the change in birds calls to alarm calls.
The Bops are rarely harmed but will snap at any getting too close.
I do see young birds of prey practicing their hunting pattens, not really trying to catch anything but as the year draws on they get more intent on a meal.
An egg is a good meal for many woodpeckers, squirrels, rfats etc.
05-07-2017, 10:34 PM
1040
Re: Birds
Originally Posted by gasman
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A great pace to visit and not that far from us mate.A good shot of the marabou stork.
Took a lot of photos but the sun was right overhead so aerial shots hard to get
I really wanted to get videos standing up but we were told not to so missed a lot of really good chances
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