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  1. 06-02-2008 #1
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    I was just about topackup and go home when there was a sudden flap behind me ,looking round I thought "oh a Woodpigeon" (after training my eyes on the sky for some time they needed to adjust) Then I realised the tail was much too long and had four bars . I just started snapping away and here we are a (Mail I think) Sparrow hawk just a few feet from me.
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    Really nice captures Beryl, they really are superb birds, not always popular when arriving in my garden, but superb nonetheless.
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    Thank you Rolf
    I have never seen one before . I doubt if they are welcome in any garden .But they are kind of beautiful in their own right
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    fantastic pictures chocky, i love to see these magnificent birds. i live near a golf course and a pair nest in the surrounding trees. i'm lucky as i see them regularly.
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    Thanks andy
    I was so surprised. He was so close. I know a little wooded area along the estuary and I was just standing there waiting for birds to come in , it a time thing and patience but it pays off now and then
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    Way hey Chocky, what delightful captures I bet your really chuffed, I like how you have managed to capture the front and the back of the Sparrowhawk, they would make good reference images
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    Yes. I thought that about that for identification. I have him with his head turned in each of the poses . I took some 27 shots but moslythe samd as those above
    Yes I was really pleased
    Thank you for you comment Babs
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    Great captures of the Male sparrowhawk! beautiful bird... we have apair visit our garden but only to come in and steal starlings off the feeders now and then..not a pleasant sight.
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    Thank you for your comment tawny. I was pleased to have captured it so close
    I agree not a pleasant site but again it's nature I suppose.
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