Big, Little Owl (1 Viewer)

Andy Adcock

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• Jan 29, 2020

• #1

Too fat to fly..................hmmm

First case of Prader-Willi in birds?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-51294545

 

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Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

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• Jan 29, 2020

• #2

A good case of over indulgence?

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Jan 29, 2020

• #3

Lisa W said:

A good case of over indulgence?

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I thought most wild animals don't overindulge to the point they can't move properly (excepting some reptiles temporarily perhaps)? It's a really bad survival strategy for the individuals concerned ...

 

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Simon Wates

Well-known member

• Jan 29, 2020

• #4

andyadcock said:

...........hmmm]

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hmmm indeed, according to BWP female Little Owls can weigh up to 220 gms so nothing like a "third heavier"

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Jan 29, 2020

• #5

Simon Wates said:

hmmm indeed, according to BWP female Little Owls can weigh up to 220 gms so nothing like a "third heavier"

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... poor thing was probably starving when they released it :-O

 

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Simon Wates

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• Jan 29, 2020

• #6

dantheman said:

... poor thing was probably starving when they released it :-O

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and subjecting it to social media and "fat shaming". o

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Jan 29, 2020

• #7

Maybe they just thought it needn't to be 'athena' bird.

Picked up, soggy, in a ditch? - sounds a bit more like it got into trouble or was a bit unwell tbh. Falconry Centre - maybe they do great work, but does sound fairly odd.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jan 30, 2020

• #8

This GBB Gull couldn't fly after eating this discarded salmon. It tottered drunkenly over to the quay edge and fell into the water. :-O

 

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Lisa W

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• Jan 30, 2020

• #9

dantheman said:

I thought most wild animals don't overindulge to the point they can't move properly (excepting some reptiles temporarily perhaps)? It's a really bad survival strategy for the individuals concerned ...

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True, but there are always outliers. :eat:

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Jan 30, 2020

• #10

Lisa W said:

True, but there are always outliers. :eat:

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Briefly ... perhaps.

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