Peregrine With Pigeon

[abbeypap]

This is a series of 6 photographs taken by a friend of mine on a main road in Kendal, August 2012. Can't believe people actually stood by and watched the Peregrine catch, pluck and eat the pigeon while it was still living.

 

Would people have stepped in if it was a dog with a cat or a dog with a puppy? probably

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dal2]

If that had been on the High street in Ecclefechan it wudnae have lasted 20secs

[Guest grizzler]

would have stamped on its head

[john cumming]

If that had been on the High street in Ecclefechan it wudnae have lasted 20secs

 

 

snap, would have been a very different ending

 

 

 

 

john

 

 

 

[TheHigg]

not being funny but i hope you gave your mate a good old rolokin

[daviedoo22]

should of kicked f..k oot o the f..ker and then stamped on its f..ken heed.Damned disgrace.

[Ian McKay]

Just show's what we are up against :emoticon-0179-headbang: :emoticon-0179-headbang:

[yeboah]

Defo was not living classic peregrine kill breaks the pigeons neck immediately then removes its head ,Looks a very young male,if ever proof were needed that the only geed yins a deed yin.

[Guest stb-]

Defo was not living classic peregrine kill breaks the pigeons neck immediately then removes its head ,Looks a very young male,if ever proof were needed that the only geed yins a deed yin.

This is the new tactics ive been on about there taking birds in flight and dragging them to the ground and eating them , a peregrine would normally not stip a bird with people walking around , a sparr would but there deffo cganging styles

[REDROCKET]

This bird will think nothing of onlookers as it was in no danger so will do the same time and again.

[sammy]

THE MORE OF THIS THAT GOES ON THEN THE BETTER THEN THE PUBLIC WILL SEE FIRST HAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND LOCAL COUNCILS WILL SOON GET FED UP FOOTING THE BILL OF CLEANING THE STREETS OF DEAD AND ROTTING PIGEONS AND THE MESS THAT IS BEING LEFT BEHIND ITM WILL HAVE AN EFFECT

[yeboah]

THE MORE OF THIS THAT GOES ON THEN THE BETTER THEN THE PUBLIC WILL SEE FIRST HAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND LOCAL COUNCILS WILL SOON GET FED UP FOOTING THE BILL OF CLEANING THE STREETS OF DEAD AND ROTTING PIGEONS AND THE MESS THAT IS BEING LEFT BEHIND ITM WILL HAVE AN EFFECT

I spent over an hour in a quarry last week and there are more feathers on that pavement than in the whole quarry must be very educated round this neck of the woods tidying up there own mess

[cemetary]

Just a PITY the guy walking down the road wasnt a pigeon fancier,

 

In one of th other pics, somone is actually walking past it,

 

Should have gave he peregrine a BOOT like a ball.

[abbeypap]

Couldn't give my friend into trouble for taking the photo's I was just grateful she could. She gets sick at the sight of blood and faints so I thanked her and asked if it was ok to post them. There was a circle of people of varying ages all standing taking photos with there mobiles and watching for a while then she said they wandered off. She went to her office and had a work mate remove the pigeons remains but no one checked for a ring. So we will never know if it was feral or a homing pigeon not that it matters.

 

The picture shows that our pigeons are prey in both the skies over towns and the open fields.

[billt]

Only goes to prove the general public's view of pigeons, they spend hours watching the web cams at percy nests around the Cities, That percy is a youngster and is no doubt bred in town hence no fear of humans, they are not that tame with me, I wouldn't be able to get that good a shot here

[airdrie2]

This is a series of 6 photographs taken by a friend of mine on a main road in Kendal, August 2012. Can't believe people actually stood by and watched the Peregrine catch, pluck and eat the pigeon while it was still living.

 

Would people have stepped in if it was a dog with a cat or a dog with a puppy? probably

[airdrie2]

I spent over an hour in a quarry last week and there are more feathers on that pavement than in the whole quarry must be very educated round this neck of the woods tidying up there own mess

rspb more than prob go into quarry to clean up nest ect they do at my local quarry and have 5 cameras which they also check