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Young Sparrowhawk Female?

  • 14-06-2011 11:33PM
    #1
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭


    Spotted this fellow out the back in the evening today, which i presume is a young female Sparrowhawk?

    It's my first time ever seeing one around, living in the suburbs so it was a bit of a surprise:


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    Rushed to my camera when I saw it, it was through a window so its not the best quality.

    12x optical zoom just isn't enough for snapping birds!


Comments

  • #2
    Kess73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    That's an adult female sparrowhawk.


    Probably the most common bird of prey in suburb areas and one that thrives in suburbs.


  • #3
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭Doge


    Kess73 wrote: »
    That's an adult female sparrowhawk.


    Probably the most common bird of prey in suburb areas and one that thrives in suburbs.

    Cheers for the reply.
    She looked smaller than i thought as she had her head ducked down, it wasn't til she flew away you could see it looked a bit older.


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