I'm fortunate enough to have the day to myself today so a short £7 taxi fare out to the wildlife centre means that I can spend the day staking out the Buzzard who has been sat looking at the free offerings from trees very close nearby when I have arrived on my last three visits, including today............ it's obviously working well. It's not ideal that I can't get in to the pit or caravan without disturbing him but the more he sees me the more he will be accustomed to me, at least that's the hope. It's just a case of being (very) patient and waiting for hime to be hungry enough to overcome his suspicions, I wouldn't call it fear, pretty sure that birds of prey would never admit to anything approaching fear! There has been a constant stream of Nuthatches to the food, 3 different ones for certain but perhaps more, there is plenty to look at. No fox yet today but who knows? Is it relevant that from time to time it suddenly goes very quiet on the feeders, I put this down to the arrival of birds of prey in the vicinity, it's quiet now .... perhaps the Buzzard has returned and is behind me out of view?
....... and as if on cue........
It's now 1146 and the Buzzard has just flown in to the Rabbit on the log in front of me, so I was correct, the small birds were aware of him and keeping their heads down. What an encridible buzz (no pun intended) and burst of adrenalin I had. Disappointment though, he was suspicious and left again after 20 seconds or so, but he's in the trees behind me I think..... and hopefuly he will be back again soon! However the small birds are back on the feeders so perhaps he has left the area...........I really hope he comes back. He obviously hasn't fed today yet. It would be hard to put in to words how magnificent a Buzzard is when you are less than 15 paces from one.
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