Paging the birdwatchers

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/lUFmDtmDmdppW3XtrSGsrA?

A pidgeon has just flown into the patio door with this attached, can
anyone identify it?

 

Nope.

Would help if you placed the photo in your public folder, the one with
sweller...

 

A sign of fuckwittery?

"Oops... there's nothing to see here. Either you do not have access to
these photos or they don't exist at this web address. Please contact the
owner directly to gain access."

 

I always forget to do that. Sorted now.

 

*sigh*

 

looks like a sparrow hawk - white flashes on the side of the head and the
size are indicative

 

Bloody pigeons - yesterday one tried to fly through Bracknell with a
Nissan Qashqai attached.

Yes, it's definitely a Sparrowhawk.

 

Sparrowhawk it is. Unlike the video, this one didn't hang around to
finish off the deed so it was left up to me.

 

Heh, I wouldn't worry about the pigeon, I killed it after the
sparrowhawk had its fun.

Good stuff.

I must put some seed out for more pigeons and get my video camera ready

 

Definitely a Sparrowhawk.

I had a similar visitor feasting on a Collared Dove in October:
http://tinyurl.com/yzknumh

More recently, I caught sight of it (or another) with a Wood Pigeon in
it's feet, flying very quickly towards my windows (big floor to ceiling
wall to wall jobbies). It let go of the pigeon at the last minute and
diverted itself in a different direction, letting the pigeon slam head
first into the glass hard enough to make me jump, even though I knew it
was about to happen.

It came back and collected the dazed pigeon a few minutes later.

 

The one on the bottom is "lunch" aka, a pigeon. The one on the top is a
Sparrowhawk.

Tim

 

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Which is exactly what I did earlier.

 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:48 +0100, doetnietcomputeren

Gotta love evolution.