The cruelty of nature, right on your verandah! Sorry for your loss. I have never kept birds, only dogs and marine fish, but I did have two incidents in which birds at my feeders were taken in mid-air by hawks. In one instance, the hawk flew only about 2 feet over my head before grabbing its prey about 30 feet from me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a commotion on our verandah at lunchtime. On investigation, my > wife found a Peregrine Falcon had grabbed our Cockatiel by the neck through > the bars of his cage. As we approached, the Falcon released the cockatiel > but only retreated to the far end of the verandah, the bold sod. I retrieved > the Cockatiel from the floor of his cage but he was mortally wounded & died > in my hands a few minutes later. The Cockatiel adopted us about 20 years > ago, already able to speak, sing & imitate many wild birds. We never found > the previous owner. The Falcon then landed on the top of an open lounge > window & gawked at us through the fanlight. When I stood up, he flew off but > a minute or so later flew at high speed into the window. Over the years, > several birds have done that, many breaking their necks. Not the Falcon, > however. He soon picked himself up & shot off to look for a meal somewhere > else. Law of the Jungle I suppose. Sorry, no photos. > > Alan C > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
