Bird of Prey ID please

Sesh

TTony said:

@not_the_dj - corner of the log cabin verandah, under an old bit of dog bedding.  Why?

He wants to sell it to kfc.

not_the_dj

TTony said:

@not_the_dj - corner of the log cabin verandah, under an old bit of dog bedding.  Why?

I have two keen junior Chris Packhams, and we currently have a dead barn owl that will one day be a set of beautifully cleaned bones.....a Kestrel would be a worthy addition! (see my "what to do with a dead owl" thread")

Do royal mail allow postage of dead animals?

TTony

lasermonkey said:

According to some of the RSPB experts, chances are the kestrel was taking risks due to hunger caused by the cold snap. If it did hit the window, which I think is highly likely, it may well have been seriously injured as a result.
Poor, little thing. Kestrels are probably my favourite birds.

It didn't hit a window.

For the last few weeks, it's been roosting above where we found it yesterday.  After we found it yesterday, it flew off into one of the trees, where it stayed a while (we were watching it, watching us). 

No signs of any damage to it, and it was huddled in a corner this morning like it was cold and trying to find the most sheltered spot.   We  put some raw meat out for it yesterday, but that was untouched.

TTony

not_the_dj said:

Do royal mail allow postage of dead animals?

I don't think it's on their list of banned goods  - but it might pong a bit by the time it reached you?

not_the_dj

TTony said:

not_the_dj said:

Do royal mail allow postage of dead animals?

I don't think it's on their list of banned goods  - but it might pong a bit by the time it reached you?

We use mother nature to clean it....so it'll pong a bit anyway...

http://www.jakes-bones.com/p/how-to-clean-animal-bones.html

lasermonkey

Might be worth sending the corpse to either the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology or the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme for study, especially if you're sure that it hadn't hit a window.
Edit: apparently one and the same:
https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/predatory-bird-monitoring-scheme

martinw

RIP Kes.

I love seeing birds of prey and get excited when I see a buzzard, and occasionally, living up here, an eagle.
Last year I visited my cousin in the US, whilst on a boat trip on the St Croix river, I saw a flock of about 15-20 big birds.
"What are those?" I asked my cousin.
"Oh, just eagles or vultures" she replied, disinterested.

57Deluxe

This thread needs a song so here goes:

darthed1981

Round where I live we get lots of Red Kites, they actually fly around over my street wheeling around in the wind, beautiful birds.

I was driving down one of the back roads near me and one wheeled down a bit far and flared out a few feet above my windscreen, it looked as surprised as I was!

stickyfiddle

Myranda said:

I had rather imagined this thread might be one of these:


Not sure if dissapointed

I'm somewhat disappointed we got to page 1.5 before someone posted this. I'm also slightly disappointed it wasn't me!

Clashman

From the first picture it's obviously a female in need of a shag.