breakfast time

[Charlton]

Well I feel as if I know this little fellow quite well now, was just getting up for breakfast this morning when the missus said the sparrow hawk is having his, but he seems to have taken a dislike to my toad, looks pain full but the toad seems to like it, was in garden for ages again and if you look closely he is starting to moult and get his adult plumage. Did get a bit of video of him but it didn’t come out to good








He must of liked what he was eating as he was back in the afternoon for almost an hour, sitting on the fence, and didn’t give a monkeys about movement or noise, had time to set up tripod and got quite a bit of video. Intend to put it all together with other video I have of other sparrow hawks, see how much I have by the end of the summer.
Click on image to view video

 

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Cracking pics them Alan.

 

[Charlton]

Cracking pics them Alan.

cheers mate, don't forget to watch the little vid at the end

 

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I was in Egypt for xmas & some type of Eagle would swoop down catching small birds at the beach each morning. Wingspan must of been about 6ft. Lovely to see, unless your a small bird of course....

 

[KeithB]

Great stuff Alan

 

[The Jester]

Great pics and video Alan , i think its waiting for lunch to come out of the bird box...

 

[PAUL1971]

Stunning pic alan

 

[The Plum]

nice pics alan,that bird is last years young bird you can tell by its plumage,if you look well u can see the new feathers growing in on its back ,like a blue grey colour coming in about 3 to 6ish feathers at once ,itl have more and more over the next few weeks and chest will go a bit whiter,atb plum

 

[Charlton]

looks as if he is going to take up residence, was back again this morning for a look around and sat on the fence for about an hour at lunch time, at time was just sitting watching me have my lunch.

 

[codseeker]

so the buggers like mackerel too

 

[ships cat]

thats mint mate

 

[Charlton]

so the buggers like mackerel too

he's not getting any mackerel NO WAY

 

[Charlton]

I was in Egypt for xmas & some type of Eagle would swoop down catching small birds at the beach each morning. Wingspan must of been about 6ft. Lovely to see, unless your a small bird of course....

would of liked to of seen that, unfortunately nature is quite cruel

 

[Jimk2]

Very good mate, love anything like this. Part of fishing to me is the wildlife.

 

[jack555]

Quality pictures them mate