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July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Phil Vinter
12:29 EST, 17 July 2012
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02:05 EST, 18 July 2012
Not surprisingly these unusual neighbours get a little flighty with each every so often.
Being three different species of birds they are very territorial, but incredibly they have set up home within a metre of each other.
A trio of boxes, fitted to a pole in Ashurst, West Sussex have been occupied by barn owls, kestrels, tawny owls and now Stock doves.
Masjestic: An adult barn keeps a look out from the top box of a pole in a garden in Ashurst, West Sussex. The bird shares the pole with stock doves and kestrels
Lively neighbour: The young Kestrel gets in a bit of a flap outside its nest box which is situated behind the Barn Owls
Bottom floor: A pair of adult stock doves occupy the bottom box beneath the barn owls and the kestrels
At one point the boxes housed the three predatory birds – the barn owls, the kestrels and the tawny owls – but a pair of stock doves have now replaced the tawny owls which fledged from the basement nest of the pole.
The wonderful images were taken by part-time wildlife photographer Dennis Bright in his friend’s garden.
The kestrels were the first to take up residence on the pole, but they were soon followed – to the astonishment of interested locals – by a pair of tawny owls and later some barn owls.
Mr
Bright, 64, from Winchester, Hampshire, said: ‘It’s just amazing to watch
it all happening in front of you and it has been a great pleasure to
photograph them.
‘But you
wouldn’t believe the shenanigans that occur. For instance a kestrel
will sometimes stick his head into the barn owls’ box.
‘And invariably, there are a flurry of wings as the inquisitive kestrel will get a face full of barn owl talons.
‘I’ve seen the barn owls do the same thing too, only for them to get a taste of their own medicine.’
High
living: The top box houses a barn owl, with a kestrel setting up home
behind and slightly below and in the basement are the pair of stock
doves which replaced the tawny owls that once resided there
House proud: The young Kestrel pokes his head out from of its nest box. The wonderful images were taken by part-time wildlife photographer Dennis Bright in his friend’s garden
Focused: The adult barn owl surveys the neighbourhood. The
pole, with attached bird nests, was one of a number that were installed
in the 1990s thanks to funding support from the Environment Agency
Mr
Bright added: ‘Normally these birds would avoid each other like the
plague, so I think it’s pretty much unprecedented to have them in one
nesting box.
‘They all hate each other and I’m worried what will happen if they all come back again next year.
‘But it just points to the lack of natural nesting sites there is for birds at the moment, like trees and hollows.’
Mr
Bright took the snaps in his friend Archie Simpson’s garden which is
not far from the River Test – a favourite location for kestrels.
The
pole, with attached bird nests, was one of a number that were installed
in the 1990s thanks to funding support from the Environment Agency.
Curious: The pair of stock doves have now replaced the tawny owls which fledged from the basement nest of the pole
Predatory: The owl keeps an eye on the scenery from its high perch. The unusual proximity of the birds has been put down to a lack of natural nesting sites in the UK
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Perhaps the DM should check their facts. Last time I looked, stock doves were not and had never been birds of prey! Catchy headlines are all very well, but you really do need to get them factually correct.
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Lovely pics, thanks. Out our way they sell ‘bat boxes’. I’m thnking of putting one up. When we first moved here over 30 years there were hundreds of them out at night, now I’m hard pressed to see one a month.
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I have a resident eagle that lives near my house. Similar in size to a Golden eagle back home. it is wonderful to watch him soar over the house and the mountains every day. He often comes and perches on the tree near my terrace. This morning I watched him getting chased all over the mountain and harried by a couple of crows.Tiny compared to the eagle but they won in the end.
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I never realised a Dove was a bird of prey, you learn something new everyday from the DM
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Wonder pets.
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O RLY?
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Now the birds know what it is like for humans to live in some parts of the UK.
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Those stock doves look alot like pigeons.
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If there’s such a shortage then why on earth aren’t the RSPB putting boxes up all over the place? There’s plenty of woodland around which could be used and the cost of making boxes can’t be that much.
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Love the barn owl or as the DM call it a adult barn
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