Anyone have any ideas why a bird of prey would take a turtle dove, start pulling the feathers out and then just leave it? I mean even if it was frightened away wouldn't it be back asap for it
hmm very odd
thanks :)
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Probably a Collared Sparrowhawk....and perhaps it got spooked bad enough to abandon feeding. What did you do? Did you try to sneak up on the bird of prey?
What color was the BOP? How big?
Yeah, I remember a few years back I was outside when there was a loud bang from smoewhere and a mouse (or something, my memory is a bit hazy on this) dropped out of the tree and I looked up to see a not very happy BoP, I don't think it came down to get it after either, so maybe it was disturbed by something?
Hi Windhover & Amateur
We do have a collar sparrowhawk here and i have seen a grey goshawk, a brown goshawk and 2 australian hobbies hanging around in the gum tree and diving and missing other birds but in this case i don't know what it was - i didn't see a thing just found the body - heard the lorikeets making a racket sometime before - maybe i did disturb it but i would have thought i would have seen something as the turtle dove was up against a fence so the escape route would have been my way and i would have thought the BOP would have taken it with it - like the time i walked out the back door to see a bird being carried off. the BOP was feeding in the backyard (as i found the kill site) and took off when i stepped out
some advice please - my first instinct was to remove the turtle dove but when i thought about it later that just meant the BOP would have to kill again - i don't know what would you do?
thanks :)
I just found this in the backyard which doesn't really help matters but i think it rules out the Hobby
Thanks :)
The feather is either from a spar or gos.
Cheers,
al
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
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Thanks al :)
can we work out with one by the size of the prey - would sparrowhawks take turtle doves? i suppose if it is hungry enough it will
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Yes, a female spar would.
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
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...and could you post a pic of the whole feather & its measurements please.
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
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hi al :)
190mm x 27mm
thanks :)
doesn't make it any easier....but I can now say either female spar or male gos.
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
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okay thank you al :) i gather you are the bird of prey man?
Hey Al. so that is the basal at the very top?
i'm interested too.... how do you know so much about BOPs?
CHeers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Al :)
would you know if this feather is also from a female sparrowhawk or a male goshawk - it is 190x40mm this time and the back is different from the front - although you can see the pattern it has a white or grey appearance to it
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Hi myky50,
Not a hawk feather, could be from a frogmouth.
Birdie, lower part of the feather.
Next time you find a dead crow/raven on the road, pull out one of throat feathers.
Lower part ( downy section ) of feather grey in ravens, white in crows.
I used to train and hunt with raptors.
Cheers,
al
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
https://sites.google.com/site/blackhillreservekyneton/home
thanks for your help al :)