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04-07-2006, 09:54 PM
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| | | sparrow hawk
when feeding the birds in my garden this morning ,watching from a distance a sparrow hawk came in and unfortunatley took a sparrow . has any one got some good pictures please. |
04-07-2006, 10:10 PM
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look here http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...searchid=18220 you can search our galleries for individual species which is what I have done here. Welcome to Wab if it hasnt already been said.
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04-07-2006, 10:12 PM
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they are cute hunters they have even taken my local pipistrelles before now
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05-07-2006, 07:27 AM
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I'm not sure why this is in the mammal forum  but eeyore has probably given you the best link for some pictures  |
05-07-2006, 08:50 AM
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Just clicked on the above link to the Gallery, and I noticed some of the pics labelled as Goshawk. IMHO all the pics are Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus.
Any thoughts? |
05-07-2006, 05:24 PM
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All look like Sparrowhawk to me to, not big enough to be a Goshawk IMO |
05-07-2006, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cardiffclan when feeding the birds in my garden this morning ,watching from a distance a sparrow hawk came in and unfortunatley took a sparrow . has any one got some good pictures please. |
Thats impossible. I've never been in your garden.
Seriously though. On Saturday, after coming back down of the moors a sparrow hawk was eating its prey in the cul de sac where my hosts live, literally foot away from the front of the car
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05-07-2006, 05:36 PM
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so where's the picture then boddie ?
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05-07-2006, 05:53 PM
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Yeah, you may well ask.
The bird was at maybe 35 foot, I had a 28-300 but the images were blurred due to my DT's. Settings no doubt wrong on camera. Need to read more
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05-07-2006, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Boddie Yeah, you may well ask.
the images were blurred due to my DT's. | always a possibilty but I would suspect that the auto focus has focussed on the windscreen not the bird - you need to put the lense element right up against the glass to avoid this.
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