{"id":5454,"date":"2018-06-21T12:17:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T12:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=5454"},"modified":"2018-12-17T21:42:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T21:42:50","slug":"into-the-eyes-of-a-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=5454","title":{"rendered":"Into the Eyes of a Killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5455\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5738-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hmmm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.quiet, too quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Normally towards the end of June the garden is full of fledglings. Fortunately we still have a healthy population of House Sparrows and their constant chatter can be heard throughout the year. Apart from this evening &#8211; nothing. Absolutely nothing. No bird song whatsoever.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5456\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5731-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Standing by the back door and looking over the raised bed the reason why became clear. A male Sparrowhawk plucking a young Great Tit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5457\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5720-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Although gruesome we let the Sparrowhawk continue to finish what it had started.\u00a0 After a couple of minutes it took off taking the remains of its latest victim into a large Birch tree before heading off over the houses to a neighbouring woodland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5458\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_5687-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No mistaking the eyes of a killer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.quiet, too quiet. 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