Sparrow Hawk

[Two on Tour]

This one would come to lunch on our bird feeder visitors from time to time and found small birds drinking at a water feature we have to be easy pickings too.

 

[CWH]

Can only imagine how impressive it is to watch the WTSE's gliding around, but 3 ! that's just being greedy

They were very low over the house, they breed on an offshore island. A couple of years ago I saw 2 being mobbed by buzzards - having originally thought that what I was watching was buzzards being mobbed by hooded crows.
It really is quite stunning, these huge birds just ambling by. Then they go and spoil it with the most strangulated voice you can imagine! https://dibird.com/species/whitetailed-eagle/

Went out to Donald John's Cafe at Satran a couple of weeks age, sitting outside watching 7 white-tails just across the river, I guess 2 families, they were practising food passes. Sat and watched them for about an hour till they disappeared over the hill. Very privileged.

 

[CWH]

Don't you think a sparrowhawk's face is totally "Wot you lookin' at then?"

 

[steve 6644]

They were very low over the house, they breed on an offshore island. A couple of years ago I saw 2 being mobbed by buzzards - having originally thought that what I was watching was buzzards being mobbed by hooded crows.
It really is quite stunning, these huge birds just ambling by. Then they go and spoil it with the most strangulated voice you can imagine! https://dibird.com/species/whitetailed-eagle/

Went out to Donald John's Cafe at Satran a couple of weeks age, sitting outside watching 7 white-tails just across the river, I guess 2 families, they were practising food passes. Sat and watched them for about an hour till they disappeared over the hill. Very privileged.

You most certainly were young man

 

[robnchris]

Here are a couple of birds you won't find in your garden, taken in South Australia earlier this year.

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[Ridgeway]

Here are a couple of birds you won't find in your garden, taken in South Australia earlier this year.

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Wow super amazing birds and great photos, any ideas on what they are ?

 

[Two on Tour]

Wow super amazing birds and great photos, any ideas on what they are ?

The top one looks very much Heron-ish and I know the bottom one is a White Ibis.

 

[Bonkers the Dog]

Egret & Ibis?

 

[Ridgeway]

The top one looks very much Heron-ish and I know the bottom one is a White Ibis.

I've stayed in an Ibis, looked different to that though

 

[Pelirocco]

that must explain why our garden is always covered in feathers!

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[Ninjabob]

12mls from London Bridge in South London. Sparrowhawk munching on an unfortunate Blackbird. Amazing creature. I think they still fly one at night in Trafalgar Square to deter Pigeons.

 

[Ridgeway]

In Trafalgar square they'll fly Harris Hawks, a Sparrowhawk would just do a bunk never to be seen again

 

[Ninjabob]

In Trafalgar square they'll fly Harris Hawks, a Sparrowhawk would just do a bunk never to be seen again

I assumed wrongly that it was a SparrowHawk. Whatever it is they fly the Pigeons never came back!