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09-04-2007, 08:18 AM
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Do sparrowhawks quack? We have large birds flying overhead quacking like ducks, could they be sparrowhawks? If not what else could they be? |
09-04-2007, 08:22 AM
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ducks? 
Sparrowhawks make a shrill 'ke ke ke' sort of noise.
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Terrepin Falcons?
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Thanks for responses,we are uneducated when it comes to bird calls  |
11-04-2007, 07:17 AM
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Perhaps a spallard?!!! |
11-04-2007, 07:38 AM
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We have a pair of large birds who have moved into our area, we feel they are terrorising the local small bird community. If they are not Spallards  what can they be.  |
11-04-2007, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by richardkm  Perhaps a spallard?!!! | Stupid question (just add it to the others ) What is a spallard? I have tried to look it up my Reader Digest Field Guide and can't see it. |
11-04-2007, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by blackdown We have a pair of large birds who have moved into our area, we feel they are terrorising the local small bird community. If they are not Spallards what can they be. | Perhaps they're a wing of al-Quailda on a secret Jay-had mission. |
11-04-2007, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by goosey Stupid question (just add it to the others ) What is a spallard? I have tried to look it up my Reader Digest Field Guide and can't see it. | This is the legendary bird that all twitchers are dying to see, so much so that the very mention of it sends them into delerium | | | |
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