Buzzards at my caravan hide.

Before I start can I just direct you to my Bird of The Day which today is a Cassowary. Click on this link to see it.

I had placed a dead rabbit out in front of the hide yesterday. Last year this had attracted Buzzards who had come in to feed on the carcass, this is what I hoped for this year. It had taken several weeks for this to be successful last year so I wasn't expecting immediate success. However, I went back to check it out this morning and well….. I couldn't believe it. As I got out of my car a Buzzard flew off from the area of the hide, this bird would not have been disturbed by me, it was just coincidence. I was thrilled to see this but didn't realise what would happen next. I walked up the edge of the field towards the hide which is just tucked away behind the gate and immediately as soon as I got close enough to see the hide, a Buzzard flew up off the rabbit, then as I kept walking, yet another Buzzard, in the trees just above….. 3 Buzzards around and on the kill. I investigated the rabbit which had been well and truly consumed leaving just the rear legs and head. The front legs, innards and all the meat from the rib-cage and backbone had gone! I got myself in position in the caravan but…… I had forgotten to put the memory cards in the camera. …… what an idiot. Back to the car and then home for the cards. When I got back 15 minutes later, there was a Buzzard on it again. I went in to the caravan and waited but there had been too much disturbance now and the Buzzards were a bit too warry and probably well fed as well. I will be back in the morning for another chance to get some movie and photographs and I will be very surprised if I am not successful, very surprised.