{"id":30067,"date":"2021-11-30T23:06:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=30067"},"modified":"2023-02-20T01:19:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T01:19:59","slug":"gosh-a-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=30067","title":{"rendered":"Gosh! A Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39426 lazyload\" width=\"698\" height=\"394\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk1.jpg 524w, https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk1-300x169.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 698px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 698\/394;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I woke up this morning to be met by a very unusual and rather exciting sight just outside the kitchen window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bird &#8211; I believe it is a Goshawk [correction: A Sparrowhawk, so the article title is now a bit off] &#8211; had caught a pigeon and was eating it. It was quite macabre, since the pigeon was not dead and remained alive for at least 30-60 minutes while the hawk tore it to pieces and ate it. The whole business took a couple of hours, and it ate everything except the feathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39427 lazyload\" width=\"697\" height=\"394\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk2.jpg 524w, https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk2-300x169.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 697px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 697\/394;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, just before dusk, I looked out of the window and saw it &#8211; or at least another bird &#8211; had caught another pigeon. This one was dead, and it flew off with it this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a magnificent creature, though &#8211; nature is both cruel and beautiful &#8211; but it was so close I got a couple of dozen great pictures from the open bathroom window and through the kitchen window glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39428 lazyload\" width=\"697\" height=\"394\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk3.jpg 524w, https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/goshawk3-300x169.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 697px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 697\/394;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We do get the occasional evidence of a major incident in our garden (which is quite large) judging from the explosion of feathers we see. I\u2019ve mentioned before that I came home one Sunday afternoon some years ago and saw a large bird of prey eating a pigeon at the far end of the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I hope it sticks with a pigeon diet and leaves the smaller birds alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up this morning to be met by a very unusual and rather exciting sight just outside the kitchen window. A bird &#8211; I believe it is a Goshawk [correction: A Sparrowhawk, so the article title is now a bit off] &#8211; had caught a pigeon and was eating it. 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