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Old 12-08-2012, 21:39   #1752
kestrelx
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Re: Today in pictures

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Cheers, I was lucky that nest was in the right place, usually they are in thicker bushes that would be too dark to get a good shot. Woodpigeon can be aggressive - I've put my hand in and the adult uses it's wings to hit the hand while making a sort of growling noise - very tough birds when they want.
Note: I didn't put my hand in the nest I took photo of - there is one in the garden where I live and it wouldn't budge off the nest and was hitting my hand with it's wings and pressing down on the nest etc...it raised a couple back in 2007 but tried again in years after that and every time something went wrong - including a cat getting one of the pair and killing it! So if you got a cat be aware they are killing birds that work hard to make a nest and lay eggs.

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