Buzzards (3 Viewers)

[Suricate]

Judging by what the late Chris Mead once told me, it would only take small ones as the Buzzard is too light a bird to cope with a full-grown cat.

Hi Jason,
Yes I agree the max weight for a female buteo is approx 3lbs.One of my buteos Lady has when out attacked Buttercups, cowpats, grabbed crane flies and even taken on the odd seagull in her varied past but now at 44 she has retired and become just a grumpy old lady.

Suricate

 

[Anthony Morton]

Hello Anthony

I expect it would - but I suppose few animals do, knowingly.

PS How're the eyes, Anthony? Fully recovered, I hope.

Hi scampo,

I've only had the operation on my left eye so far but the improvement in my vision is nothing short of miraculous. I'm scheduled for the other one to be done at the beginning of December, which again involves an incision in the eyeball itself through which the cataract is liquidised and 'slurped' out. The dodgy lens is then removed and replaced with a permanent one made of plastic which is fitted inside the eye.

It sounds a lot worse than it is but it's really worth it. Thanks for asking!

Anthony

 

[me1000]

Good luck Anthony hope you get bino vision soon
me

 

[scampo]

Hi scampo,

I've only had the operation on my left eye so far but the improvement in my vision is nothing short of miraculous. I'm scheduled for the other one to be done at the beginning of December, which again involves an incision in the eyeball itself through which the cataract is liquidised and 'slurped' out. The dodgy lens is then removed and replaced with a permanent one made of plastic which is fitted inside the eye.

It sounds a lot worse than it is but it's really worth it. Thanks for asking!

Anthony

Something of a Christmas present, Anthony and definitely better than "two front teeth", eh - as we used to sing? I thought the other eye was to have been done by now - that's why I asked. Hope all goes well.

 

[Anthony Morton]

Hi me,

Many thanks for the good wishes - bino vision will be great but even mono beats a complete discoloured blur. Better still, I don't have to keep asking my good lady what bird it is on the trellis only 20 feet away anymore! B


Hi scampo,

Blimey, you're certainly going back a bit with 'two front teeth' - you'll be on 'How much is that doggy in the window?'' next! B

 

[scampo]

Hi scampo,

Blimey, you're certainly going back a bit with 'two front teeth' - you'll be on 'How much is that doggy in the window?'' next! B

You're right. My old mum used to sing it to us. I was reading about old expressions the other day (being an English teacher...). One cropped up that I'd forgotten - "Beatniks". How about that?

 

[christineredgate]

You're right. My old mum used to sing it to us. I was reading about old expressions the other day (being an English teacher...). One cropped up that I'd forgotten - "Beatniks". How about that?

Now you are going back ,Steve,I found one of my old kaftans in the loft last week,brought back a whole host of memories.

 

[scampo]

Now you are going back, Steve. I found one of my old kaftans in the loft last week, brought back a whole host of memories.

Ah - I was too inhibited and born a bit too late to have been a hippy, Christine. What did you get up to in that kaftan...?

 

[helenol]

I've seen them feeding in the grass next to French motorways frequently. In fact they are very common along the motorways, sitting on the fence poles. The way they drop off the poles after food I have presumed it was live. They always enliven my holiday journeys.
Rob

Getting back on track....

Why is it that I usually see more birds of prey along the motorways in Europe than I do here? I can feel a new thread coming on....

 

[David Bryant]

About the Buzzard thing!
Did this programme suggest the Foxes / Buzzard were in Broadland? If so, I'd love to know where! Buzzards are still pretty scarce here: more common the further West you go!