Thursday, September 25, 2008 - [Bird Snapping] King of the Sky [Skywatch Friday]

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Which bird is the king of the sky on your local patch? On Blackberry hill it is the Buzzard, which seems to be the King...

…or that's what I thought until I saw this and revised my opinion.

The buzzard could hardly enter the skies over Blackberry hill without constantly being harassed by the crows.

quite often, the tables turn and the Buzzard tries to get rid of the annoying crow…

but the crows return to haunt the king!

Quite often, the Buzzard’s only option is to fly low and get out of the crow’s  territory.

However, the crows don’t actually frighten the Buzzards and are mostly a major annoyance than a threat, and when it rules there is none to threaten the buzzard…

The Kestrel too shares the same territory with the king, but being half the size, it barely poses any challenge…

…and I suppose, the Kestrel already has enough to deal with from the crows and the Magpies!

The Buzzards reinforce their dominance by hunting in pairs…

…but as with most business partnerships, there’s bound to be a bit of tension..

resulting in one showing the other, who is more of a king!

So who is really the King of the skies? is it the Buzzard?

Hmmm…well, not quite so…..all the birds – the magpies, the crows, the kestrel and even the big buzzards give way without contest to this challenger-

the big bad metal bird!