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  • A pat on the back if you please!!!:D

    Just been out in the car and came across a buzzard in the middle of the road.
    As I approached it didn't fly away so I put on my hazard lights and got out to see what was going on.
    The poor thing was half lying in the road fluttering it's wings and scrabbling with it's feet, but worst of all it's head was rolling- literally.

    I couldn't block the road so I grabbed it carefully and wrapped it up and put it in the back of my car and drove to the nearest quiet bit of road.

    When I got it out again it's head had stopped rolling and it had started blinking so I checked out it's wings and legs to find they were OK- then waved it about a bit to get it to flap it's wings to make sure they worked properly.

    I put it on the ground under a hedge and after about 5 minutes it was standing up properly and stated looking around- so I left it to nip to the shops.

    On my way back I checked the same place and it was nowhere to be seen.
    (If it'd still been there I'd have taken it to the vets)

    I'm so glad I stopped and picked it up- it would most definitely have been run over.

    The nicest thing for me was to be able to handle the bird and touch it all over - they are such majestic creatures- and I was surprised at how light it was- and the length of it's wings when it was flapping them.
    It never once tried to peck me although the grip of it's claws was rather impressive!

    I really feel honoured to have been able to help it. They are around here in vast numbers, but to be actually able to handle one was something exceptional!

    Lets hope it's dive bombing skills/ road sense have been improved following that experience.
    Dazed but not injured - how lucky was that??
    Last edited by Nicos; 15-07-2014, 01:09 PM.
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    Please accept a well deserved pat on the back from me
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    • #3
      What a wonderful experience - and very brave of you too. So pleased it was OK.

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      • #4
        Wow - what presence of mind. Great that you were able to help.
        Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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        • #5
          Well done!
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          • #6
            Yes, well done from me too... Never seen one up close but often lounge in my Garden chair and watch them hovering overhead.
            Its Grand to be Daft...

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            • #7
              Yep, you deserve a big pat from I.......
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              • #8
                How brilliant Nicos, and very brave of you, they have wicked beaks.

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                • #9
                  Wonderful!
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                  • #10
                    I'll echo all the praise as it is well deserved!
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                      Last edited by bearded bloke; 15-07-2014, 05:10 PM.
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                      • #12
                        Brilliant. Lots of pats on the back from me
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                        • #13
                          Aww..thank you..you really are lovely peeps!
                          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                          Location....Normandy France

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                          • #14
                            Good for you, dear Nicos! You certainly saved its life by stopping to rescue it.

                            I suspect it had flown into a passing lorry and been stunned. Hitting lorries is a common cause of fatalities for birds of prey, so he was doubly lucky.
                            Pain is still pain, suffering is still suffering, regardless of whoever, or whatever, is the victim.
                            Everything is worthy of kindness.

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                            • #15
                              Oh how fabulous to get so close. I hope it recovered.

                              I was once fortunate enough to do a similar favour to a Kestrel, and another occasion a Crow. Both birds had nearly drowned whilst drinking from water troughs in the Horses' field. On both occasions the bird wasn't there when I went back to check, and I've always hoped they survived.

                              Big pat on the back from me!
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