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21-12-2007, 06:25 PM
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| | | sparrowhawk picnicing! Hi everyone, back in november a sparrowhawk dined out on a starling in my back gardn i,ve finally managed to upload a picture, so here it is.  | 
21-12-2007, 06:44 PM
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| | | Re: sparrowhawk picnicing! Dramatic picture. Always a mix of emotions seeing this- I regularly see them in my garden + have to say they are one of my favourites. | 
21-12-2007, 06:57 PM
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| | | Re: sparrowhawk picnicing!  Must admit when i saw it happening i was both excited and thrilled but at the same time saddened for the starling, but one things for sure nature is fantastic! | 
21-12-2007, 07:00 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: N.Yorkshire.... The Dales... can't beat it tbh
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| | | Re: sparrowhawk picnicing! Cool shot there, well done for getting it before it flew away!
Feel kinda sorry for the starling too, but the Sparrowhawks have got to eat 
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21-12-2007, 07:42 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mid Glamorgan South Wales
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| | | Re: sparrowhawk picnicing! always a good sign that we are doing the garden feeding/foodchain thing right methinks 
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21-12-2007, 07:53 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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| | | Re: sparrowhawk picnicing! fantastic action picture even though it hurts to see,but as said befor its the food chain,we are no different its just we are at the end of the chain. | 
22-12-2007, 08:06 AM
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| | | Re: sparrowhawk picnicing! Great picture, nature is wonderful. I noticed the Starlings beak wide open, obviously very distressed although it was probably dead at this point.
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