I'm in utter disbelief at the moment. My dog has just killed 3 birds in the space of a few hours. I own a breed with a high prey drive (huskys) and my bitch has had a rabbit before now so its not the fact hes killed things that shocks me (although picking dead birds up does make me feel a bit queezy!) its the way he's done it.
Zak (my dog) is very gangly and leggy and clumsy and quite unsteady on his feet. He also isn't particularly blessed in the brains department (or so I thought). I let both dogs into the garden as I got in from work. When I went to check on them there were 2 dead birds on the patio and I presumed it was Zak as Missy had spent most of the time inside with me but I couldn't believe he was quick enough to catch 1 let alone 2! Anyway, after their tea I let them out again and whilst I was cleaning their bowls I heard loads of screeching so went out to investigate and couldnt believe what I found. We have been replacing the fence panels and some of the old ones are stacked against the new ones until we get chance to go to the tip. Anyway, Zak had used the old fence panels to climb up, was balancing on top of the fence panel helping himself to a bird out the tree (I presume there is a nest)! I could'nt believe a dog that is so unsteady on his feet managed to balance on a fence panel whilst killing a bird! I also can't believe he worked out their was a nest there because we hadn't noticed it and neither had our other dog.
I guess the moral of the story is never underestimate a husky!

Wow!  Sorry to laugh but I did howl at the image of a galumphing great husky plucking a bird out of a tree!!
Gosh I've never heard of that before.  Perhaps he's found his niche in life!  I remember being utterly horrified when Nell caught her first rabbit - she was so cr*p at it that she failed to despatch it properly, she broke the poor creatures back and it was screeching in agony as she pranced around with it.  Hubby came to the rescue with a large blunt instrument to put it out of its misery.
Nature can be pretty weird huh.
What kind of birds were they anyway?

I must admit I also laughed after I screamed and shouted and tried to pull him off the fence panel and out of the tree! I've no idea what birds they are - they were about the size of sparrows but I think there must be a nest so they were prob only babies and would have got a lot bigger if it had not been for Zak!