Bird breeder lost a prize.

This high treetop is the territory of a Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus).

Thankfully, not every day that we see this, but nature has its own rules.

Note: This post is not for sensitive people.

We came here for me to get some mountain shots, but as I parked the car, I saw some feathers on the ground. I just knew that something was up, and so I followed the feathers. The rest I will show you below. There are a number of racing pigeons and homing pigeon breeders over here, and we sometimes see big flocks of them circling around in the sky. It is a big money business this, and the breeders have won many awards for their champion birds.

The difference between racing and homing pigeons is that the racing pigeons fly at speed between a point A and a point B. The first one to arrive is the winner. The homing pigeons are taken away in cages to distances very far off, and then they are set free from the cages to fly back home. They also enter competitions by the breeders and the first one that arrives back home is declared as the champion. Normally the champion birds are then auctioned off to the highest bidder, and the buyer then start to mate them with his own birds.

But I digress and come and look what I found.

Here below is a shot that I got in of the mountain, and its cold here now as winter is approaching.