https://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/ This blog is about the many things of interest to me - from photography, jewellery making, my garden, walking, the natural world and the English Lake District. Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 https://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-472 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:19:39 +0000 http://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-472 I wonder if it was a female sparrowhawk you saw – they’re larger and more brown than the male and more buzzard-like, although perhaps lighter overall than a buzzard. I think buzzards prefer carrion – rather than actively hunting a live prey as a sparrowhawk would. Or maybe it found the pigeon dead or sickly. Either way, a treat to watch.

]]> https://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-470 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:46:04 +0000 http://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-470 He’s a handsome fellow! We’ve had a buzzard (I think) round here lately, like you I think it was the sudden silence that first made me look up and spot him sitting in the apple tree. A couple of days later we were able to watch him across the road, demolishing his breakfast of pigeon and completely ignoring the occasional car driving past him.

]]> https://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-469 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:20:24 +0000 http://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-469 Thank you Kristi, I love that they visit my garden occasionally.

]]> https://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-468 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:36:16 +0000 http://www.boo-creations.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/i-wondered-why-it-had-gone-quiet/#comment-468 Love the Woodpecker and the Sparrowhawk, wonderful!!

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