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17-02-2009, 09:51 PM
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| | | poor bird, ID needed
I was woken up the other day by a loud bang on my bedroom window. I jumped up to look and saw a few feathers stuck to the window. I ran down to the garden and found this bird dead. I have never seen one of these before although I know it's from the thrush family.
The local fox took the bird in the night.    
I hope the photos are ok posted like this cos they wont upload from my computer |
17-02-2009, 09:53 PM
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| | | Re: poor bird, ID needed
Its a fieldfare |
17-02-2009, 09:59 PM
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| | | Re: poor bird, ID needed
Yep, a beautiful fieldie; poor thing 
An unfortunate victim of window strike it would seem.
How long had it been between the impact and then photographing him, and then when you think the fox had him? |
18-02-2009, 07:55 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: N.Cheshire
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| | | Re: poor bird, ID needed
Oh what a shame,a beautiful bird. |
18-02-2009, 08:26 AM
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| | | Re: poor bird, ID needed
Definitely an ex Fieldfare.
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18-02-2009, 07:05 PM
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| | | Re: poor bird, ID needed
It was a few minutes between impact and photography. I didn't bury the body as I thought it would be better if our vixen took it for eating.
I had an inkling it could be a fieldfare but I've never seen them before. Beautiful bird. I have put black shapes on the outside of the windows to prevent further tragedies |
18-02-2009, 07:09 PM
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| | | Re: poor bird, ID needed
Hmm... you, actually saw the fox take it? I assume all this happened late in the evening, including the discovery of the bird?
Good idea RE stickers, too 
Last edited by Jason Green; 18-02-2009 at 07:12 PM.
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