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    Sparrowhawks do not take significant numbers of Pigeons

    The Tom. It was a Harris Hawk, which is not native, is used primarily for hunting and was probably doing what it had been trained to do, small dogs are about Rabbit sized so to the bird it was fair game. For you to just say Raptor is wrong if you read the story then you should have said what...
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    Sparrowhawks do not take significant numbers of Pigeons

    Contain myself? I merely meant that his comments were commendable if he is indeed a pigeon fancier, there are those who do take it on the chin, knowing the dangers exist and do not cry about it at every given opportunity. I've nothing against Pigeon fanciers as I've indicated before my SIL is...
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    Sparrowhawks do not take significant numbers of Pigeons

    Hey, hold up, slagging off, I thought I was just telling it how it is, if you are going to put your birds in danger then you shouldn't be surprised when it happens, no matter what the cause. Then there is the sheer hypocrisy of fanciers wanting to appear whiter than white and denying their own...
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    Sparrowhawks do not take significant numbers of Pigeons

    It doesn't look like he's after sympathy, he just accepts what the whingers don't; that is if you chuck a dinner in the air something will go for it.
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    New bit of kit for sketching

    I think you'll find the other thread was about a colour pallette, rather than a specific item.
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    Red Squirrel in Walsall!

    I suppose it is possible for the Reds to survive in a pocket on Cannock Chase, just because members of the general public have not spotted them, nor are they likely to given their taciturn nature, even if they had their whereabouts would be kept secret, the leap from the Chase to Walsall is not...
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    Birding with Bill Oddie

    But Constable didn't, in this instance as it was supposed to be a 'reproduction' of the Haywain, albeit on a grand scale with Artists of differing ability, notably the foot and mouth Artists who are a credit, for WO to say that Constable would have painted Swallows if he could have, was taking...
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    POLL: Is The RSPB worth Joining ?

    'I always understood that one of the group's original aims (there may have been others) was to stop the trade in exotic feathers which miliners were using in huge numbers to decorate ladies' hats.' If my memory serves me, I think they were instrumental is saving the G C Grebe.
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    Lordy! Is it really this complicated?

    Well if I don't get the hang of it soon, that's the next step for me. The new car can wait.
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    Interesting thought

    Glad all went well. Don't throw your old glasses away, the Salvation Army recycle them for people in Africa who can't afford them.
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    Raring to go - any do's and don'ts top 10.

    QI the other week effectively debunked the Lord Wellington invented 'wellies' theory, because it was in fact Amazonian Indians who first used liquid rubber to waterproof their legs, by standing in the stuff until it dried. Wellington was the first to utilise vulcanised rubber to make...
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    Squirrel Noise

    Oh yeah and a right old racket they make, especially when they decide to have a fight, we have squirrels at the bottom of our garden, some days they go off at anything, squawking and snarling.
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    Our cheeky visitor

    Squirrels will search for a way into the roof space and make their nest there, unfortunately they do not make good neighbours, and the ensuing disturbance and mess is not easy to live with. Although they are cute to look at, they are a pest, and partly responsible for our songbird decline...
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    Gamekeepers hate raptors!!!

    To bring this back to Gamekeepers, a couple of days ago a Gamekeeper described how he was distraught at the barbarous way 45 Pheasants had been mutilated in their pens. Some had their wings and legs torn off according to the news report. Could this be a perverse revenge attack for the...
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    Interesting thought

    Food for thought, which perhaps indicates that one viable way to reduce all cat predation might be to set up a Government-sponsored, RSPCA/RSPB backed, (free?) neutering scheme for all cats not specifically required for breeding. This would further reduce the number of unwanted kittens. While...
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    Interesting thought

    Hi Elizabeth. I can't gain access to the thread, is it on Ruffed Feathers? Anyway it was a joke made by Jo Brand. I know but sometimes I have to watch what the Missus likes, I can't spend all my time on the computer, I'm on dial up.
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    Interesting thought

    That reminds me of something I heard. If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
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    R.S.P.B. Opening Times

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    Interesting thought

    Is the 70,000,000 figure arrived at by an anti cat society? My garden is a natural magnet for cats, not least because I have a fishpond plus bird feeders. Fatalities this year two Wood Pigeons. I tend to take inflated numbers as propaganda put about by people with a vested interest. The best...
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    Fat balls prices

    How'd you get the insects into the mix? After all that's why I pay the extra. Insects = protein.
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    Falcon steganography

    Paranoia, or conspiracy theory?
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    Digital Photography Books

    Digital Photography An Introduction by Tom Ang. £9.99.
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    Help Save Hatfield Forest

    Done it! I can still remember the devastating sight after the loggers felled one of our local woods, (I lived in Derbyshire then) I was only a kid, but the scar on the landscape left a scar in my mind for years.
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    bad taste for Peregrines?

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    bad taste for Peregrines?

    Ah, but they have to ascend and descend, making them a pretty useful target, but still no attacks.
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