...not even tangentally.
Fact is, the boy and I are unlikely to even venture out today since he's currently lying on the sofa with a temperature and a cough. We're both hopeful it's not the C thing.
With that rather unfortunate start to the day, it could have been a bit of a bust.
And then, I looked out of the window (remembering we're on the 10th floor) and saw a cloud of...wait...what was that? White butterflies? Blossom? ...
...then check again...
and see a pair of peregrine falcons at about the same level as I'm standing, across on the building opposite. One of them is plucking a bird - probably a pigeon/dove...hence the cloud of white feathers.
They've been there on and off all day - sometimes relocating to other eyries. Sometime spooking the other birds around as they take flight.
I missed the second kill of the day, too - but caught sight of one of them plucking his unlucky grey victim (probably a feral pigeon, at a guess).
I knew there were some peregrines in residence nearby...but we've never seen them so close.
Lets hope they're regular residents.
Makes up for the lack of a beer outing today.
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