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Autolycus wrote:My 'Boys Book of British Birds' (not at all what I was expecting ) reckons adult Peregrine Falcons have bright yellow feet and a mostly yellow beak and eye-ring.
Could that be what's been seen?
There's something quite large seems to spend a lot of time on the motorway lamp post just about outside the Mitchell Library. Dunno what it is.
MacotheIsles wrote:Ah well... All these birds of prey once had their own particular place in the social pecking order in days of old when a man's standing was measured by the size of his raptor. Roughly speaking it was something like Sparrowhawks for the likes of cooks and footmen; Merlins for Barons; Buzzards for Dukes; Falcons for Princes; Kites for Kings and Eagles for Emperors. Something along those lines although species and rank may vary. I can only presume that Lord Garrowhill , 16th Duke of Showcase (noblesse oblige) has been exercising his ancient prerogative on the verge of the M8). Anyway I'm buggered if I can be bothered googling the actual species vs-social-rank as I've just sunk a half bottle of Lidl's finest Port, but you get the gist.
floweredpig wrote:
And a Kestrel for a Knave,the original title of Kes by Barry Hines.
Boxer6 wrote:I've been trawling through my "back catalogue" (ahem!) and found this. If it looks like this, then it's a buzzard!
rabmania wrote:Buzzard. Did you hear it call? Did you see it fly?
BrigitDoon wrote:It's not a buzzard; it's a bloody pterodactyl. Look how it's making the tree lean.
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