Bit of a surprise in the garden this afternoon....

[Pipster1969]

It's only a tiny garden so i was surprised when this happened, took one of the resident Starlings and proceeded to eat it alive much to Mrs Pipster's disgust....the noises the Starling made were pretty horrendous...it's a Sparrowhawk if anyone's wondering....

[Rouleur]

Fascinating isn't it? Many years ago my dad and me got to within feet of a Sparrowhawk which had caught a woodie in the garden and wasn't for leaving it.

[bexVN]

Had a sparrowhawk swoop down a few feet in front of me and the dog and grab a pied wagtail. The poor thing flew right into the hawks path prob because we'd startled it as we walked by. Amazing thing to witness but harsh.

[Mr POD]

my Cat would have it for tea.

[Mubby]

oooh Wow

[Jasey@]

Mr POD said:

my Cat would have it for tea.

So would mine

[Jasandjules]

Nature is incredibly cruel.

Great photos though.

[okgo]

Its not cruel at all, its what happened before a poncey wet species like ours started feeling sorry for everything.

[Jasandjules]

okgo said:

Its not cruel at all, its what happened before a poncey wet species like ours started feeling sorry for everything.

Well, I think that eating something alive is pretty cruel...

[Deva Link]

Mr POD said:

my Cat would have it for tea.

I don't know, did you see the thing on TV recently where they were using eagles to hunt foxes? Amazing.

[okgo]

Deva Link said:

I don't know, did you see the thing on TV recently where they were using eagles to hunt foxes? Amazing.

I did. And wasn't it rabbits?

[okgo]

Jasandjules said:

Well, I think that eating something alive is pretty cruel...

Which is my point. Its not, its nature. We just have emotions that interfere with the way things work, and have worked well before us.

[Deva Link]

okgo said:

Deva Link said:

I don't know, did you see the thing on TV recently where they were using eagles to hunt foxes? Amazing.

I did. And wasn't it rabbits?

No, they were snow foxes. I'd have thought the fox would put up a good fight.

[Jasey@]

Edited by Jasey@ on Thursday 28th April 15:05

[Jasandjules]

okgo said:

Which is my point. Its not, its nature. We just have emotions that interfere with the way things work, and have worked well before us.

It's nature, and nature is cruel.