mark clements
New member
Looked out of the lounge window this morning and saw a dead blue tit on the path, probable window strike, nothing unusual there, unfortunately.
Next thing, another blue tit landed next to it and started pecking the bejeppers out of it and dragging it.
It was totally unresponsive,and not moving in any way, but this went on for about minutes.
The second one flying to a nearby bush and then coming back down.
By the time I had showered, dressed and gone into the garden, the corpse was abot 75 centimetres from the start point, and it was cold, and hard to the touch, so dead a while.
I moved it away from the house, under a hedge, and the second bird has shown no further interest.
Most of the blue tits have already paired, so I am presuming this was a pair, and the survivor was trying to get the dead one to resond in some way.
It was not a gentle thing to see, it was very vigourous pecking and dragging.
Any ideas?
Thanks
H
Next thing, another blue tit landed next to it and started pecking the bejeppers out of it and dragging it.
It was totally unresponsive,and not moving in any way, but this went on for about minutes.
The second one flying to a nearby bush and then coming back down.
By the time I had showered, dressed and gone into the garden, the corpse was abot 75 centimetres from the start point, and it was cold, and hard to the touch, so dead a while.
I moved it away from the house, under a hedge, and the second bird has shown no further interest.
Most of the blue tits have already paired, so I am presuming this was a pair, and the survivor was trying to get the dead one to resond in some way.
It was not a gentle thing to see, it was very vigourous pecking and dragging.
Any ideas?
Thanks
H