Birds of prey

[mimi78]

Did anyone notice the large birds of prey this morning over Catalkoy ?.
There were six of them , did someone manage to identify them ?.
Any bird lovers out there ? !

[dodger]

Maybe they where keeping an eye on Deniz 1s dwelling.

Paul.

[BLUE BUTTERFLY]

Probably trying to keep out of range of the hunters.

[Deniz1]

Thanks dodger just what I need a spy in the sky! Probably sent by my boyfriends wife!

[the butlers wife]

Hi,

A couple of weeks ago we had 6 large birds of prey over in Esentepe what a lovely sight they were riding the thermals.

They had a large circle under each wing and I was told they were sea eagles.


The butlers wife

[JBA]

A lot of birds cross Cyprus during their migration at this time of year. Among these are buzzards which I often see in groups of up to a dozen. They are large birds, dark brown with lighter patches on the underside of the wings and tail. The wings have fairly square ends, the feathers of which are splayed out to look like fingers. They tend to soar in circles, riding the thermals rather than fly. There are plenty of images available - just Google "common buzzard" and select "images".

[Halffull]

There have been a lot of Harriers about, but they usually keep their heads down on a Sunday

[mimi78]

Thank you fellow bird watchers !. I hereby announce the winner of my little competition ...drum roll....
from your description ....JBA .....they were most likely Buzzards .
In hindsight it may have made things easier had I mentioned their colouring and beautiful fingerlike
wings .

[keith]

could you send them to tatlisu to get rid of pigeons on our site
Thanks keith

[mimi78]

No sooner said than done Keith . Seriously though.....had you considered Pigeon Pie .
I have a rather good recipe .
Oh Lord help me , I hope the Pigeon protection league don't get onto me !.
recipe as follows....
One Air Rifle , preferably with licence.......

[keith]

The amount on our site you would need a Machine gun
Keith

[Philoz]

Having got a pigeon problem-may I ask where you can legitimately purchase an Air Rifle/BB gun/catapult/bazooka?

[Deniz1]

You need a clean police report from your home country then you can apply to the police for a license. The hunting equipment shops sell guns.