Framboise Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Since moving here to Normandy, I am amazed at the variation of birds on my garden and surrounding fields. Alongside the garden birds I know from my suburban patch in UK, I now see such varieties that I have even heard of let alone seen before - a quick search through my bird book today tells me that the bird I thought was a reject robin is in fact a female Black Redstart! It is wonderful to see all these little birds thriving here, although I think my dogs patrolling the area have made it a lot safer for them now the cats have departed [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trees Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Had a pair of redstarts nest in my barn as we were trying to renovate it.Cue rows between me and the wife as I refused to disturb the birds, so all work stopped.Once the breeding season was over, we blocked off entries and pulled out the nest.............and a large mummified rat from behind it: one of two I now own.[:'(]I blame the barn-owl[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Framboise Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 What a revolting gift from the owl. OH found similar things when renovating our grenier in between the ceiling / floor spaces where it was as if they had crawled in and died. We seem to have a huge variety of finches here but not many blackbirds, thrushes etc which I had expected to see. Quite pleased to have a pair of buzzards locally though - they are rather magnificent even if I worry about my goslings whilst they are still relatively small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I don't think you should be pointing a finger at the Barn Owl, a Barn Owl would have eaten it, not left it lying around. The rats either just die or have been poisoned.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trees Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 [quote user="chris pp"]I don't think you should be pointing a finger at the Barn Owl, a Barn Owl would have eaten it, not left it lying around. The rats either just die or have been poisoned.Chris[/quote]Well, I DID wonder, but BOTH rats I've found have been stuffed into small openings in the owl's domain, and BOTH were bent double. I just assumed a raptor had stored it, then forgotten it........an owl IS a type of raptor, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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