Wildlife Snaps

[Still Farming]

 

[Jerry]

Had to go round this on the track today.View attachment 897171View attachment 897175

I miss doing the rounds and dodging the wildlife when I was out in Kenya.

Meeting a group of bull elephants and having to push them out through the elephant fence at dusk was always entertaining!

 

[alex04w]

I posted a couple of these on the Today at Work thread and said I would upload a few more here for anyone interested in the wildlife side of things.

I believe it is a peregrine falcon having lunch. The local crows and magpies were not too happy.

 

[ImLost]

I posted a couple of these on the Today at Work thread and said I would upload a few more here for anyone interested in the wildlife size of things.

I believe it is a peregrine falcon having lunch. The local crows and magpies were not too happy.

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Preeeettyy sure that ain't a peregrine mate good pictures tho

 

[alex04w]

It then decided it had sat in long enough and really wanted a take away instead. Either that or it got fed up with having its photo taken so much!

 

[alex04w]

Preeeettyy sure that ain't a peregrine mate good pictures tho

We used to have a lot of falcons nesting in a local quarry. More recently I was told we had buzzards about. I thought it was too small for a buzzard. Plenty of photos up now, so maybe someone can identify it.

 

[ImLost]

We used to have a lot of falcons nesting in a local quarry. More recently I was told we had buzzards about. I thought it was too small for a buzzard. Plenty of photos up now, so maybe someone can identify it.

Sparrowhawk buddy, probably a large female.

 

[Landless Gentry]

Harris hawk would be my guess

 

[ImLost]

Harris hawk would be my guess

Wrong colour, I'll try and find a pic of one of my old Harris hawks and post it on here

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Sparrowhawk buddy, probably a large female.

Yep, fit female sparrowhawk.

I love this photo where she's watching @alex04w , it's a great picture.

We used to have a lot of falcons nesting in a local quarry. More recently I was told we had buzzards about. I thought it was too small for a buzzard. Plenty of photos up now, so maybe someone can identify it.

Peregrines don't have the eye-brow stripe and are more bluey-grey on the back, with a white throat spreading up to the cheeks and darker eyes.

Not my photo but posted for comparison:

 

[ImLost]

Yep, fit female sparrowhawk.

I love this photo where she's watching @alex04w , it's a great picture.

Peregrines don't have the eye-brow stripe and are more bluey-grey on the back, with a white throat spreading up to the cheeks and darker eyes.

Not my photo but posted for comparison:

Although juvenile peregrines are more brown in colour

 

[Dry Rot]

Immature female sparrowhawk. An unusual dark brown colour. The fact that it is this year's bird can be seen from the ruffus edges to the feathers on i's back if you zoom in. Also, that it has caught what looks like a jackdaw. Young sparrowhawks will catch birds much larger than themselves until they learn sense, woodpigeons and grey partridges are favourites.

 

[Lowland1]

Osprey I think.

 

[Netherfield]

Immature female sparrowhawk. An unusual dark brown colour. The fact that it is this year's bird can be seen from the ruffus edges to the feathers on i's back if you zoom in. Also, that it has caught what looks like a jackdaw. Young sparrowhawks will catch birds much larger than themselves until they learn sense, woodpigeons and grey partridges are favourites.

And racing pigeons too, chap across said he could lose 30 a year to the Sparrowhawk.

 

[Dry Rot]

Osprey I think.View attachment 898535View attachment 898536

Tawny eagle?

 

[Dry Rot]

And racing pigeons too, chap across said he could lose 30 a year to the Sparrowhawk.

Yes, they do. But I have had hours of fun flying sparrowhawks and won't have a word said against them! They have more courage than any other bird of prey and if you can fit your clenched fist through a hole in a hedge, a sparrowhawk can fly through it!

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Osprey I think.View attachment 898535View attachment 898536

Hmmm. Not sure about osprey as they usually have quite noticeable yellow or orangey yellow eyes, only eat fish, and prefer to eat perched in a tree.

What sort of buzzards do you have in Kenya? Could be one of them.

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Yes, they do. But I have had hours of fun flying sparrowhawks and won't have a word said against them! They have more courage than any other bird of prey and if you can fit your clenched fist through a hole in a hedge, a sparrowhawk can fly through it!

I hang my feeders from a thick holly bush with a solid six foot fence behind as that gives the wee birds a fighting chance and the sparrowhawks something of a workout. Just occasionally I've been lucky enough to see a sparrowhawk making a raid on the feeders.

 

[Dry Rot]

I hang my feeders from a thick holly bush with a solid six foot fence behind as that gives the wee birds a fighting chance and the sparrowhawks something of a workout. Just occasionally I've been lucky enough to see a sparrowhawk making a raid on the feeders.

Spoil sport! Sparrowhawks have to live too!

 

[Lowland1]

Osprey I think

Hmmm. Not sure about osprey as they usually have quite noticeable yellow or orangey yellow eyes, only eat fish, and prefer to eat perched in a tree.

What sort of buzzards do you have in Kenya? Could be one of them.

Tawny eagle?

Could be a tawny eagle. It was very tall and as mentioned was munching on a rat. It's not a buzzard as we have mainly augur buzzards here. A lot of fish eagles as well as we are near a big lake.