things you see , when you havent a camera with you

[jimmy white]

travelling over to old mums through a country road [langloan rd , for any in this district] with fields  on each side , i allways have seen many, many pigeons scouting these fields , well over 500 , on this occasion all were flying  in one batch , then , split , then went unusualy high ,,,,,,,,then i saw the perigrines , two of them , these hawks were just playing with these pigeons , some were grabbed in mid air ,then let go, [only to drop to the ground] this pair of perigrines must have killed about 5 pigeons ,the pigeons were all over the place ,yet didnt go away, some flew in to some trees , some down to a house in the feild , they then went to the feild on the other side  of the road , then the same was happenning there , the perigrines were catching them then letting them go , some were killed others managed to fly off again , all this happened in about 15 mins , if this were a fed liberation , i wouldnt  have thought  many would have got home , i cant say ive seen anything quite like it , not one of the perigrines ate one bird on the ground, they just drifted away into the distance . leaving the odd little batches flying off , does anyone know of this type of behaviour in these type of hawks??  

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

its happened to me at my own loft!

[OLDYELLOW]

If there good hunters they'll kill for fun , they usualy eat the best bits and move on to next prey , seems when the larders full they can waist as much as they like  

[Guest mikkey]

thats pretty strange, i thought falcons , hawks etc only hunted when they needed to eat not for fun but i suppose thats the strange world we live in

[The Navigator]

It happened to our federation on our first YB race this season. Two went into them on liberation and it was a disaster with 60% missing and never returned.

[stan p]

  they have been seen dcinthat that on the early races when the batches

  are coming acrose the estury couple of cock birds killing for fun with a

  hen bird watching will more than likley pickimg mate

[smiler]

my mate a game keeper he said the just keep killing and killing drop everthing and g back and eat the best bites the will even eat of a carcus 4 days

[jimmy white]

i shall be passing the same way today,, it will be interesting to see if theres pigeons there , as theres been hundreds there every day

[Guest spin cycle]

a while back while driving i saw a kestrel 'mobbing' a hawk that had killed a magpie...trying to drive it off the kill. at the time i assumed it was a sparrowhawk...but it could have been a peregrine as it was in an open field.

[jimmy white]

i shall be passing the same way today,, it will be interesting to see if theres pigeons there , as theres been hundreds there every day

 

passed this exact place at 1pm today,,,, not a pigeon in sight

[just ask me]

i seen this before but the mad thing was the pigeons just broke   and circled again trying to land for grub while the falcon took about 6 to 9 birds

[little sam]

ITS COULD HAVE BEEN A PARENT SHOWING THE YOUNG HOW TO HUNT

[cemetary]

I dont think the old will be showing the young how to hunt at this time of the year.

 

The parents have left this years young well behind mate, the young are on there own now, no parents.

[THE FIFER]

I dont think the old will be showing the young how to hunt at this time of the year.

 

The parents have left this years young well behind mate, the young are on there own now, no parents.

 

maybe they are latebreds  

[ch pied]

travelling over to old mums through a country road [langloan rd , for any in this district] with fields  on each side , i allways have seen many, many pigeons scouting these fields , well over 500 , on this occasion all were flying  in one batch , then , split , then went unusualy high ,,,,,,,,then i saw the perigrines , two of them , these hawks were just playing with these pigeons , some were grabbed in mid air ,then let go, [only to drop to the ground] this pair of perigrines must have killed about 5 pigeons ,the pigeons were all over the place ,yet didnt go away, some flew in to some trees , some down to a house in the feild , they then went to the feild on the other side  of the road , then the same was happenning there , the perigrines were catching them then letting them go , some were killed others managed to fly off again , all this happened in about 15 mins , if this were a fed liberation , i wouldnt  have thought  many would have got home , i cant say ive seen anything quite like it , not one of the perigrines ate one bird on the ground, they just drifted away into the distance . leaving the odd little batches flying off , does anyone know of this type of behaviour in these type of hawks??  

jimmy do you rem my post about the lap wing's being killed for sport , 11 of them in 2hrs by 1 percy

 

 

[cemetary]

  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Mind your judging the morn, not wanting you there half a sleep, and giving the prizes to anything because you had a late night on the computer.  

[Chairman]

Once caught the wife with her purse open, before i could reach for my camera and photograph its contents she clasped it shut faster than

a bolt of lightening. Has most married men will know this a very rare occurence.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

[jimmy white]

jimmy do you rem my post about the lap wing's being killed for sport , 11 of them in 2hrs by 1 percy

 

 

yes i do remember your post ch pd , this was something similar , these perigrines  looked like the were def on the job , like acrobats and like lightening , i had never actually saw a hawk swooping up the way , they were going all ways , and really looked as though they meant bussiness, yes i remember your post well [it should still be on, way back,  can you remember roughly when you posted it?  

[Tony C]

jimmy do you rem my post about the lap wing's being killed for sport , 11 of them in 2hrs by 1 percy

 

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1194734505/s-0/

[jimmy white]

my mate a game keeper he said the just keep killing and killing drop everthing and g back and eat the best bites the will even eat of a carcus 4 days

 

just looking through the posts , this may well be true , as there wasnt a pigeon to be seen their today , ill be travelling that same road quite often now , so it will be interesting to see when and if these  pigeons  return ,allthough they were ferals , there were many different colours , so i would imagine there would be racing pigeons among them [if i had been younger and fitter i would have searched these fields ]

[jimmy white]

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1194734505/s-0/

 

bang on,, tony to the rescue ;D i remember writting in to this nature programme ,,, thanks tony ;D

[ch pied]

If there good hunters they'll kill for fun , they usualy eat the best bits and move on to next prey , seems when the larders full they can waist as much as they like  

i posted on this near on a calander year ago , is it likley they are stocking up for bad weather that might be on the way in , when i seen this last year , not long after we had 2-3 week's of constant rain and below normal temp's , wsw strong wind's