Post by rowanberry on Jul 11, 2016 10:15:56 GMT
Found these jay feathers on the ground in the campsite grounds where we stayed in Kent, near Margate.
It looks similar to a sparrowhawk kill, but would a sprawk take on a jay? That's a pretty good-sized bird, and one likely to put up quite a fight. I've seen clips on YouTube of sparrowhawks taking on a magpie, so I suppose it is possible...the feathers were on the ground within a wooded area, and we did see a few buzzards circling about on ocassion.
There were more feathers than this, but it was very windy and they'd been blown about... looks like they'd been there a few days.
Jay Feathers BoP by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
It looks similar to a sparrowhawk kill, but would a sprawk take on a jay? That's a pretty good-sized bird, and one likely to put up quite a fight. I've seen clips on YouTube of sparrowhawks taking on a magpie, so I suppose it is possible...the feathers were on the ground within a wooded area, and we did see a few buzzards circling about on ocassion.
There were more feathers than this, but it was very windy and they'd been blown about... looks like they'd been there a few days.
Jay Feathers BoP by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
