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Put apples on the grass for blackbird, and some nuts for the blue tits.
Put apples on the grass for blackbird, and some nuts for the blue tits.
That's a most unusual item for a Peregrine, i would have thought, i mean how many Little Grebes do you see flying about in order to get caught? It has a nice pale gape mark, I wonder if it was a first-Winter bird i suppose we will never know.
It should make things most interesting to see what this bird brings in if it can catch LG's.
ATB and keep up the good work....
Laurie -
Hi Laurie/Allen
Just to shed some light on Little Grebe, the Brussels Cathedral peregrines have Little Grebe high up on their prey-list. The relevant website is ...
www.falconsforeveryone.be
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Andy R.
Also of interest it suggests that Little Grebes will almost certainly be caught at night as this is generally when they fly/migrate. This is copied from the Derby Peregrines Blog.
'We certainly know that our adults hunt by night, using the floodlighting in Derby to spot birds flying over the city. Of the above list, little grebes and the quail were almost certainly caught in this way, both being strictly night fliers/migrators'.
This would perhaps suggest that the Fort Dunlop birds are also active at night.