bird – Donich Website https://www.donich.co.uk Argyll wildlife and nature as seen on the banks of the Donich Water Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:29:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 Falcon on the feeder https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2014/02/27/falcon-on-the-feeder/ https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2014/02/27/falcon-on-the-feeder/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:14:36 +0000 http://marionmccune.com/?p=387 This morning – instead of the queue of small birds and squirrels waiting for their nuts – everything was eerily silent, with not a single small creature to be seen or heard.  Then we saw the reason – there was a beautiful peregrine falcon sitting beside the feeder. 

It immediately flew off when it saw me at the window – but reviewing the webcam – I think it had taken a small bird off the feeder earlier on. 

We are certainly learning all about ‘nature red in tooth and claw’ here.

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