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21-01-2011, 10:56 AM
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| | | Apologies for gruesome pictures ...
... but can anyone tell me who did it ... and what was it ...    |
21-01-2011, 12:16 PM
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| | | Re: Apologies for gruesome pictures ...
That's your typical big cat attack (or biggish cat). See the way it's licked the head off? I'm gonna say juvenile puma. |
21-01-2011, 12:20 PM
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Nah - typical Bengal Tiger! They're a real pest around here - digging up the flower beds, leaving paw prints over my car bonnet.
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21-01-2011, 12:31 PM
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| | | Re: Apologies for gruesome pictures ...
Well I think probably fox. If the quill ends are chewed off and not plucked out then I would say definitely. It's not typical of sparrowhawk.
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21-01-2011, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman  Well I think probably fox. If the quill ends are chewed off and not plucked out then I would say definitely. It's not typical of sparrowhawk. | Seconded, my thoughts too 
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21-01-2011, 02:36 PM
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| | | Re: Apologies for gruesome pictures ...
I don't quite understand why my simple enquiry about a large dead bird in my back garden should have been met with ridicule. Perhaps I'm missing something.
However, thanks for the fox ideas, they are uncommon here, but I heard an ungodly yelping and calling one night last week, so perhaps they are now in this area.
many thanks
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21-01-2011, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by willowjay I don't quite understand why my simple enquiry about a large dead bird in my back garden should have been met with ridicule. Perhaps I'm missing something. | The ridicule wasn't directed at you, but the potential 'big catters' frequenting the site!
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21-01-2011, 03:16 PM
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| | | Re: Apologies for gruesome pictures ...
I agree with Gill and wildwoman looks like a fox or cat (mammal).
I carnt see two of the photo's so am struggling to ID the bird, suspect its a pigeon though. |
21-01-2011, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by willowjay I don't quite understand why my simple enquiry about a large dead bird in my back garden should have been met with ridicule. Perhaps I'm missing something.
willowjay | Just some of the children letting off steam
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21-01-2011, 08:27 PM
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It's typical of a mammal (as the wing has been chewed/pulled off), and definitely not a bird of prey. Most likely would be a fox, but the fact that most of the body seems to have been left makes me think it might be cat instead. It seems to have been played with and chewed, rather than eaten. Even if a fox wasn't hungry (not likely!), it would have carried off and buried the carcass for later.
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