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Post by SueA on Sept 19, 2011 15:30:27 GMT
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Post by grindle on Sept 19, 2011 15:46:22 GMT
 very good photos of it Sue
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Post by peony on Sept 19, 2011 16:02:24 GMT
Great photos Sue, she's beautiful ;D
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Post by SueA on Sept 19, 2011 16:17:48 GMT
She is lovely, I think she might be quite young & I've never seen a male in our garden for some reason.
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Post by Cherry on Sept 19, 2011 16:38:48 GMT
Sue wildlife just come to you. You are a natural. Those photos are really fantastic.
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Post by Geranium on Sept 19, 2011 17:15:51 GMT
Well done, Sue. I've never seen a sparrowhawk anywhere! I find that quite surprising when we live in the country.
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Post by lesley on Sept 19, 2011 17:39:50 GMT
What a beauty Sue, I love seeing them in the country, we have one that fly's straight through garden with out stopping |
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Post by Fractal on Sept 19, 2011 18:32:03 GMT
Excellent capture Sue.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Sept 19, 2011 20:04:02 GMT
Great shot Sue, not only do you have a camera at hand when you need one but you certainly know how to use it.
Love the first one.
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Post by SueA on Sept 19, 2011 21:27:51 GMT
Thanks for the kind comments. :)I used my compact camera on zoom & cropped the pics. a bit but didn't cut them anymore as they'd lose clarity so you can see the green hook which is part of a bird feeder in the garden next door, good job there was nothing hanging on it or I wouldn't have been able to see the sparrowhawk in the shot! I was pleased she sat on the fence as usually I just feel a whoosh as she sweeps over my head like Lesley says or see a failed swoop into the bushes where the sparrows hide. I think sparrowhawks are probably more common in gardens now than they are in the countryside as more & more birds move into towns due to changes in their habitat etc.
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Post by merlin on Sept 22, 2011 6:41:00 GMT
A depressing situation Sue, from foxes to butterflies, they're moving into suburbia. And who can blame them, our Countryside is becoming industrial. In their wisdom the Gov is planning to house even more people on land that was the home to our bees ect. A short sighted policy in my view.
Nice photos.
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Post by Cherry on Sept 22, 2011 8:32:48 GMT
The right word Merlin - depressing.
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 22, 2011 16:50:16 GMT
While leaning on the fence watching a sparrow busy helping himself to something from the planters I heard a thump and a sparrowhawk had crashed into an overgrown rose on our boundary. it hadn't caught anything and as it took off it was suddenly chased by a magpie which had been perched on the telephone wire above. The chase went on for some time before going out of my field of view. I have never seen this behaviour before from a magpie though I have seen various birds being mobbed by others. Unlike Sue I didn't have a camera handy  |
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Post by SueA on Sept 22, 2011 17:53:20 GMT
Maybe the magpie & the sparrowhawk both had their eye on the same thing for lunch Sweetpea! ;D I have seen crows chasing birds of prey but that magpie must have been pretty brave!
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Post by merlin on Sept 23, 2011 6:31:06 GMT
Me too Sue, only yesterday a Crow was having a ding- dong with a S Hawk. There are so many birds of prey nowadays, cheeky Buzzars too, it's a wonder we have any garden birds left ! Nature will sort itself out but I get really upset when I lose a little feathered friend.
We have about 20 sparrows (spuggies) as Steve would say, Doves, Wrens ans our songfull Robin. Sadly no finches now but The 'experts' have found what the problem is so hopefully they'll sort it.
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very good photos of it Sue
