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Would that be a Peregrine Falcon by any chanceHi I'm wondering if anyone has seen a male peregwin bird around the hyndburn area.
My friends lost it approximately a week ago It has a bell on it's tail and answers to the name bubbles
Does the RSPCB know he's put a bell on its tail and calls it BUBBLEs?? No wonder it flew away from him!
lol I'ts named after my dad mr bubbles as a joke because he's the birds owners best mate.
It has a bell on so it can be heard when he takes it out to fly it.
Dont think Bubble's bell works!!!
Hope you find it soon
No doubt if it gets fed up it will give um a bell
Saw a Peregrine up at Wigan the other year, its taken round town by it's handler (paid for by the Council) as a pest control to keep all the mickeys (pigeons) away & off the streets, also down at the training area here, there's a German fella that has one & goes after the crows, really impressive animals.
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Hi I'm wondering if anyone has seen a male peregwin bird around the hyndburn area.
My friends lost it approximately a week ago It has a bell on it's tail and answers to the name bubbles
A weeks a long time really - has he caught it yet? I suppose that depends how well it's trained - how much is he worth - aviary bred?
Here's a wild one that left the nest...
YouTube - peregrine fledgling.wmv
I wondered too if it had been found, hope so.
Have been watching a bird this week whilst up Ossy Moors ... sure it is a common one, but can't just identify it.
It hovers and glides (without flapping its wings) and then dives down suddenly. Looks about the size of a dove with larger wing span. Any ideas Kestrel ?
Could be a Sparrowhawk or even a kestrel Kate, did it make any sort of noise
No, Jaysay, no noise at all ... that was the fascination ... so silent and gliding on the wind, before it dive bombed into the fields (obviously after some prey).
Hi Katex the only other british bird of prey that hovers is a Buzzard but the size is much bigger than a kestrel. Sparrowhawks don't hover - so perhaps if it's the size of a dove it's a kestrel?
Thanks ... could well be ...have googled and certainly fits the description. Is always around .. will try to get a 'photo next time (try, being the operative word .. LOL).
Wonder what prey it was after ? Lots of rabbits in that field... would they not be a little large though ? Can it see field mice ?
I did muse it could have been Bubbles .. but didn't come when I shouted its name..
Thanks ... could well be ...have googled and certainly fits the description. Is always around .. will try to get a 'photo next time (try, being the operative word .. LOL).
Wonder what prey it was after ? Lots of rabbits in that field... would they not be a little large though ? Can it see field mice ?
I did muse it could have been Bubbles .. but didn't come when I shouted its name..
Buzzard is quite a big impressive looking bird - bigger than a carrion crow, that said they are happy to eat worms, but can catch rabbits and some birds and also eat dead stuff.