And again at 11:30 there was the daily pigeon delivery. The female dropped by with a freshly caught prey. Three very enthousiastic juvi's awaited her impatiently, grabbed the poor headless pigeon and went screaming up to the nestbox.
I was very curious if they would manage today to pluck the thing. For a second I thought one would. She pulled some feathers off but still didn't get the message. All three standing around the pigeon, one on top, deliberating. It looked very real but she only pulled some flesh out of the neckwound. After some very intens doing nothing of importance and walking around the pigeon, pulling it into the other corner, standing on it once more, they left.... In the middle of the scrape lay the headless pigeon.
They simply left this big fresh prey intact behind in the scrape and went to sleep on the ledge. If the thing would still have it's head on I do believe it could simply walk out and take off.
Although they look like a bird of prey, the prey part is still a long way from home.
Maybe tomorrow. So tune in on the webcam around noon. Who knows....
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