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Weasel and Sparrows!

Last post 27-06-2009 6:38 PM by sue1002. 6 replies.

• 26/06/2009 08:38 AM

  Roundelder Location: NW Cumbria Joined on: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 175

  Reply | Contact I have just witnessed strange spectacle outside our kitchen window. My attention was drawn to a row of sparrows on the fence and I was thinking how cute they were when a weasel appeared seemingly playing, weaving in and out of the pots (a bit like a Crufts competitor) at the foot of the same fence. After watching them for a while there appeared to be some kind of standoff between them because when the sparrows moved further along the fence so did the weasel. I watched them for some time until I came to the conclusion that the weasel had an eye for a feathery comestible of the sparrow variety. Have any of you witnessed this sort of behaviour? I wish I'd had the time to get my camcorder in order to record this rather odd scene. Roundelder Wide awake Roundelder

• 26/06/2009 02:27 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  I've never seen a weasel Roundelder.  There's plenty of cats around this area that would do the same though. It's typical though that the camera/camcorder isn't at hand when you want it, that's happened to me a few times. sue1002

• 26/06/2009 04:41 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact I have been told that weasels will make a gymnastic display to entice over-curious birds into striking range - I was sceptical but it seems there was truth in the story.   Boggy Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 26/06/2009 05:56 PM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact That's amazing, Roundelder. You're very lucky to have seen it! I've never seen that before.

• 27/06/2009 11:00 AM

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  Roundelder Location: NW Cumbria Joined on: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 175

  Reply | Contact Right, I have now uploaded some pics of the weasel incident for your perusal should you actually want to peruse. Sue1002, as you can see I did have cameras but it would have been superb on video! Boggy, I think the pictures definitely add credence to what you said. If you look carefully (link below) you can see a number of birds that have come down from the fence (on to the pebbles) to get a better look at what was going on...entrapment if ever I saw it! Anyway, the pictures:   I have put the rest of the pictures on photobucket in their full size so they can be zoomed in fairly closely (I hope) http://s567.photobucket.com/albums/ss116/Roundelder/Weasel/ Wide awake Roundelder

• 27/06/2009 11:53 AM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact What great pictures, Roundelder, and what a beautiful creature that weasel is. I'm envious of you seeing that!

• 27/06/2009 06:38 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  Lovely photos Roundelder, the weasel looks so cute, thanks for sharing them with us. sue1002