Sorry slow Rich, I started to reply and my neighbour sent a text fox just run over but ran off into opposite field. So we spent a couple of hours feeling guilt and devastation and debating what we do instead. of replyiing forgive me,
We have put no extras out for charlie just the bird food left overs. If I stop feeding the bird to stop the foxes(possibly) from coming ,that would be bno good either Especially now with all the little ones( bird wise),i've taken something away that has been running for years that the parents probably take for granted. Not sure which way to turn really. The foxes are so damn jumpy and idiotts drive too fast on country lanes.
A couple of hours later vixen on lawn with all three cubs ,so,all seems well ( ahh the relief,hopefully they will be more cautious now) Amazing luck, forgive me though mate I can't keep up and am letting folks down allways. I asked for a reply then dissappear:banghead:
Rich slightly left field of trailcam ,but it's your thread,just fascinating reading about your rosecombs and also about how you felt about the spar predation,I just understand your feeling so well You wouldn't ever hurt a spar but we come to love these birds so much we keep ,hard to put into words. My very first chuck was incidentally a little black banty mongrel called Raven man I worshipped her. Ha you would have loved seeing her rearing gozzers ,so funny she would be trying to brood with her feet off the ground
. An amazing mum.
With all those chucks I kept I never really kept rosecomb,so forgive the offtopic it just seemed easier derailing your thread than John's peregrines
and I wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading somewhere or other
It's strange not keeping birds,first time since leaving home for me,so approaching 40 years. I've always had charlie patrolling old run in front garden been there years. I have always though they patrol in patterns a few nights working one area then move to another part of territoryso maybe that's what's happening to you? Maybe they'll show again shortly. Mine haven't missed a night to my knowledge since we first saw the cub.
Lol I barely plant anything in the ground especially beans,ha the blummin mice , in a normal year are terrible ,So I dodge pigeon and mice that way it's labour intensive but works out. We get spar too ha got one lovely incident yet to share. My front garden is really tiny say 10yards sq, sort of a slightly managed jungle the hawks do take prey but they struggle becuase of the cover levels I think cover is part of why we see the sheer numbers we do. But, when there is a build up of prey density a predator will always turn up.
I've been watching the trail cam threads closely Rich. I've been debating getting one myself but i'm sort of leaning towards putting that money towards lighting and using the DSLR to film.now rather than the trail cam I don't care for the white eyes from IR,, I'm not really sure whether it's possible, to do what I want without spending a fortune so i'm trying to educate myself . Cheers for the reply I wanted to know how things were going along with you at home(although I do follow Roger's thread fairly closely),trying to work out my own next move
take care,