Monday, 10 December 2012

A deceased Waxwing!

Whilst watching a couple of hundred Waxwing between here and West Halton we were dismayed to see this first winter male taken up into the air in the updraught of a car and then fall into the side of the road - it wasn’t hit by the car but was dead non the less.  They are easy pickings for drivers and Sparrowhawks as they seem to have no fear or road sense.
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2 comments:

  1. Thanks for this Clare. Sad but nice to see the feather detail in the pictures. First winter male because?

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  2. Such a shame, such a beautiful bird

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