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this has been covered before, but i reckon it deserves a re-run 🙂
a pair of Peregrines have a nest-box on a sheffield church, they're doing an excellent job of raising 3 chicks.
the chicks are doing an excellent job of hiding from the camera...
[url= http://efm.dept.shef.ac.uk/peregrine/ ]click_for_beaky_cuteness[/url]
Fantastic.
I can now run this alongside Monty and Glesn's cam on the Dyfi..
Warning: These webcams contain live unedited footage of peregrine falcons. Please understand that at times this may include disturbing images.
Just what do they get up to in there the filthy beasts! 😀
mainly: ripping pigeons to pieces, then pooping on the students*.
(*the 'church' is now a lecture theatre)
pigeon being eaten/shredded right now!
The racing pigeon owners in Bristol moan about he Peregrines snacking on their birds in the Avon gorge .They ought to fly faster then !!
DAMN YOU CRAPPY WORK COMPUTERS!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!! 👿
The racing pigeon owners in Bristol moan about he Peregrines snacking on their birds in the Avon gorge .They ought to fly faster then !!
Pigeon owners all over the country want all raptors culled, because the large numbers of them are decimating the owners aviaries. These are people who breed pigeons in order to take advantage of the bird's homing instinct and force them to fly hundreds of miles, often over open sea, like the English Channel, in all winds and weathers, for the purpose of winning status and money.
They'll accept the loss of dozens of birds in a storm as being one of those things, but losing birds to natural predators is unacceptable, and those predators should be poisoned or shot!
Personally, I think pigeon racing should be banned, and owners who attempt to race birds prosecuted for animal cruelty.
Circuses are no longer allowed to use animals in performances, for this reason.
I wish supper would hurry up 🙂
brill got it on desktop, ta
meanwhile in Norwich the last scraps are being consumed, annoyingly I missed the full bird - again!
http://upp.hawkandowl.org/norwich-peregrines/live-peregrine-web-cam-2013/
But I think Nottingham wins for chicks nearest fledging.
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/biodiversity/falcons/index.html?campaignid=falcons
Feeding Time!
I'm sure there was a ring on that one...
Racing pigeons are dumb my cat had one last year
urban pigeons don't spend much time flying high, which Falcons need in order to hunt, they evolved to hunt cliff pigeons which provided lots of altitude for diving at 200 mph.
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Racing pigeons are dumb my cat had one last year
Oh yeah ! Well did cats help us win the war ?
When I did a lot of climbing I used to regularly find rings on high ledges on e.g. Cadair Idris. I posted them anonymously, just stating a very vague area for their provenance, not wanting the raptors to be persecuted.
Somewhere I've got a photo I took a couple of years or so ago of one of the Peregrines that nest on the church in Bath.
It was perched on one of the little stone pinnacle jobbies at the base of the steeple, plucking something that it had caught, letting a little trail of feathers drift away in the breeze. Probably a pigeon, loads of the feathered rats around the city.
8 yrs ago I found a headless pigeon in my courgette bed. It had a ring on it's foot.
We used to live directly opposite a quarry wall on which breeding peregrine's nested.
It was rare to see the local pigeons get much hassle from the peregrines as they seemed to know how to avoid them. Out-of-towner racing pigeons were obviously not as smart.
Ernie of this 'ere parish (and closet pigeon fancier BTW) pointed me in the right direction for reporting the find of the ring which I did. Never got any response though.
We got em in the US as well. There's a nest on the Cathedral of Learning at the Univ of Pittsburgh. Its not a church cathedral, its a 40+ story skyscraper. I think there is another on the Gulf tower downtown.
[url= http://www.aviary.org/cons/falconcam_cl.html ]Webcam[/url]
Raptor devouring pigeon you say? Woke up one morning to spot this friendly chap not more than a metre away from my window enjoying his/her breakfast, hung around for 15-20 minutes picking the bones, was a very cool urban wildlife encounter 😀 . I think it's a sparrow hawk but await correction!
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/32746168@N08/6221106690/ ]Sparrowhawk 010[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/32746168@N08/ ]ten_sim[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/32746168@N08/6221117280/ ]Sparrowhawk 028[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/32746168@N08/ ]ten_sim[/url], on Flickr
feeding time,..where's the third chick?
It's tucked in the corner 🙂
Cheers for the link, I'll keep an eye out for feeding time 8)
Quite local to me...
[url= http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/lochgarten/abernethyvideo.aspx ]Ospreys at Loch Garten[/url]
Feeding time
Love it!
Addictive viewing. They look expectant right now.
Chewing on a foot now with ID ring still attached
Meanwhile, combining Ospreys and Mountain Biking, Kielder's doing alright for itself this year.
http://kielderospreys.wordpress.com/
CARNAGE NOW!!
yes! pull its head off!one of the chicks doesn't seem to be getting a look in...
Agree.Personally, I think pigeon racing should be banned, and owners who attempt to race birds prosecuted for animal cruelty.
Circuses are no longer allowed to use animals in performances, for this reason.
All the neighbours that feed their garden birds hate sparrowhawks and would get rid if possible, I love them. However I would like it even more if the raptors ate more grey squirrels which are tree rats imo.
That cam in Nottingham seems to just show one dead young un.
🙁
Anyone know how the young get fluids ? - what/where do they drink - or do they get enough liquid from the food provided by the adult birds ?
Nottingham camera - looks like some very slight movement - asleep/resting ?
We have Peregrines nesting on our building in Central Cardiff. They've had 3 chicks this year so good going.
I actually got up close to one of the chicks earlier today when I helped the falconer ring a male chick that had fallen/flown from the nest. Stunning to see them up close and was quite surprised how large it was even though its approx 4-6 weeks old.
Last time i checked they were pretty much all white, they are looking great now,..how long until takeoff?
feeding time 🙂
Yeah just watched them. Quite a change, they're getting big now
Whathaveisaidnow - Member...how long until takeoff?
i think someone asked that question on the twitter feed, and i think the answer was 'june 12th'
Gee Atherton must be shi**ng himself...
🙂
🙁 They've gone.
Noooooooo! 🙁
I can still see two, one on top of the nest box and one inside!
I can see one. Phew.
The little gits. Good to see them and showing a bit of adventure!
That nesting box must [b]really[/b] stink!
nest empty apart from flies...did anyone see them go?for a while they were sat on top
They are back in there now spchantler.
just been down there. one juvenile sat on top of the box. 2 adults perched on the church. no sign of the other two. think i saw one over the hallamshire hospital yesterday
Thanks to this thread I haven't done as much work as I ought to!
Cheers op. 😀
They're back!
[url= http://upp.hawkandowl.org/norwich-peregrines/live-norwich-cathedral-peregrine-web-cam-2014/ ]Clicky linky thing[/url]
Thanks!
Quite high up isn't it!!
Excellent, hopefully the one that resides at my local church will be back soon as well.
P20 err thats Norwich, not sheffield! Good nonetheless. 3 or 4 chicks being fed just now.
[i]P20 err thats Norwich, not sheffield[/i]
Looks good in [url= http://efm.dept.shef.ac.uk/peregrine/ ]Sheffield[/url].
Sorry, still good though 😀
Parents away right now, so could be some pigeon carnage soon.
Spoke too soon, she has returned empty handed (taloned?)
Norwich feeding now!
Cool!!
pigeon being ripped to shreds right now!
fantastic 😀
i think there are some peregrine's nesting in bath also.
Tea time in Sheffield.
🙂
though 1 at the back seems to be getting missed out a bit
Shove in their lil un
i think there are some peregrine's nesting in bath also.
Every year. I might be in Bath on Sunday, in which case I'll take a wander along the river on the opposite side with my binocs and have a shufti, see if I can spot anything.
Crumbs them chicks have grown. There were four a week ago, but can't tell yet whether they're all still there.
Still four in Sheffield 🙂