The colouring was sex-linked mate. I never, ever bred a cock bird with that colouring.In fact,i think all my canaries came from one cock and two hens... Happy Birding...JD
Only joking Moll, i think it could be a Buzzards maybe... The shape , size and colouration are perfect.
Edited to add, can you not post a better pic as for scale for it might not be big enough to be a buzzards.
Even when something tasty crosses your path??? Gotta admit my dogs can't be very well trained as they hit the fast forward button if anything bigger than a rabbit comes into view :laugh:
Forgot.... Theres very little game about in my area so it has never happened, save perhaps the odd grey squirrel. My mistake....
I kept blue tits years ago and one afternoon i had forgotten to put the latch on, result being the tits flying away. I left the safety porch open and before long they had come home again! They're not daft, they know where the food is...