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Post by accipiter on Aug 13, 2020 14:58:23 GMT
Things are looking up, found a Juvenile Peregrine falcon feather.
I forgot to say I collect feathers, although mainly raptor, owl, and covid, well someone has to, seriously though it’s possible to tell a few things about the bird in question from the study of its feathers providing it’s not been lost too long.
Alan
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 14, 2020 9:16:15 GMT
Well done!  I've not found a good feather in ages- one from a bird of prey is always a good find. My collection is mainly made up of the jays' blue shoulder feathers, a few hawk feathers, and several from our Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. The goldfinches sometimes drop a few around the nyger feeder, but they're such tiny things I usually end up losing them. |
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Post by accipiter on Aug 18, 2020 14:58:35 GMT
Well done! I've not found a good feather in ages- one from a bird of prey is always a good find. My collection is mainly made up of the jays' blue shoulder feathers, a few hawk feathers, and several from our Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. The goldfinches sometimes drop a few around the nyger feeder, but they're such tiny things I usually end up losing them. I thank you Rowanberry, incidentally I’ve now added Barn owl and adult red kite primary (P7) to my list of collected feathers, being 17 inches long. Alan |
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Post by accipiter on Aug 21, 2020 16:53:23 GMT
I’ve now added a Red Kite inner tail feather to my collection 13 inches long.
Alan
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 21, 2020 20:51:45 GMT
Those are all wonderful finds, Alan! Mine is nothing so grand as a Red Kite feather, but yesterday we went to Stanmore Country Park and I was picking up acorns... I do this every year to dry and put out mid-winter on the bird table for the jays, (it's what got them started on coming to our garden.) That's how I happened to spot this jay feather, just by coincidence.  Acorns and Feather Aug2020 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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I've not found a good feather in ages- one from a bird of prey is always a good find.