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Identify this Bird

  • 11-03-2009 12:33pm
    #1
    ericl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭


    Can anybody tell me what this bird is.

    IMG_0358_edited_2.jpg

    He was in the garden this morning
    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    VERYinterested
    Closed Accounts Posts: 923 ✭✭✭VERYinterested


    That's a Sparrowhawk!


  • #3
    Ironbars
    Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭Ironbars


    It looks like a Peregrin Falcon .............. nice pic


  • #4
    shqipshume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭shqipshume


    It is indeed beautiful bird,you are very lucky.
    bird%20of%20prey.jpg


  • #5
    Hammiepeters
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Hammiepeters


    Its a male sparrowhawk. Confirmed. Not a Peregrine. Good photo.


  • #6
    ericl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭ericl


    Thanks for the info guys, heres two more pics of him.

    IMG_0370.jpgIMG_0372.jpg


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  • #7
    shqipshume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭shqipshume


    I haven't seen one in years!
    Last time i saw one was near the belgard pub at around the quarry.
    Great pictures thanks:)


  • #8
    AlanSparrowhawk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 485 ✭✭AlanSparrowhawk


    yep that's me.


  • #9
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    AlanSparrowhawk wrote: »
    yep that's me.
    lol. Are you stalking the op?


  • #10
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    ericl wrote: »
    Thanks for the info guys, heres two more pics of him.

    IMG_0370.jpgIMG_0372.jpg
    it is a sparrowhawk the male is small with short rounded wings and a long narrow square tail the femail is substantially larger, the male is slate grey the femail somewhat browner


  • #11
    Banrion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Banrion


    We have sparrowhawks at home on parents farm! They nest up high in the trees, have very piercing shriek. You'd hear them fields away. They are so beautiful.
    Ive often seen them whilst Im out driving too. They're high flyers and they can hover in the sky for ages looking down at prey. My parents fields would be full of feathers cos theyd be killing pigeons especially and other small birds.


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  • #12
    stevensi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 424 ✭✭stevensi


    Hi Banrion,

    What you described there sounds more like kestrals then sparrowhawks. Kestrels are the ones that you see hovering above their prey. Sparrowhawks are more ambush specialists.

    Regards


  • #13
    artieanna
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    stevensi wrote: »
    Hi Banrion,

    What you described there sounds more like kestrals then sparrowhawks. Kestrels are the ones that you see hovering above their prey. Sparrowhawks are more ambush specialists.

    Regards

    I agree with you for years I (and many others) though the hovering bird was a sparrowhawk until I learned differently here..

    thanks fellow boardies...


  • #14
    whitneysegura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭whitneysegura


    Hmm, I have never seen or heard of that bird and I am pretty familiar with bird species. I studied them for a while in college about 2 years. Well, good luck!


  • #15
    ericl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭ericl


    whitneysegura wrote: »
    Hmm, I have never seen or heard of that bird and I am pretty familiar with bird species. I studied them for a while in college about 2 years. Well, good luck!


    http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=395

    Hope this helps with your studies.


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