Sparrowhawk.
Sparrowhawk.
This female sparrowhawk sat for about 15 minutes in my garden just resting and occasionally preening herself. One brave coal tit (backed-up by a not quite as brave blue tit) got a bit annoyed about losing its feeding ground and berated her with lots of chattering and a waggly dance from a very nearby leafless bush, but she just gave it an uninterested look. Quite amusing. I eventually made too much noise poking the camera lens through the small open window and venetian blinds and she flew off. Must get a better camera someday.
Re: Sparrowhawk.
Nice pic, can't see how a better camera would make that much better to be honest.
We had a Sparrowhawk make a Pigeon kill in our garden in December, I managed to nab this picture with a nice camera and annoyingly it's very very slightly out of focus. Ideally I would have liked to get the eye in perfect focus like your pic, it's never the camera that makes a bad picture.
IMG_2719 by Jimaroid, on Flickr
We had a Sparrowhawk make a Pigeon kill in our garden in December, I managed to nab this picture with a nice camera and annoyingly it's very very slightly out of focus. Ideally I would have liked to get the eye in perfect focus like your pic, it's never the camera that makes a bad picture.
IMG_2719 by Jimaroid, on Flickr
