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Title: Almost had my hair parted...
Post by: gray1720 on October 01, 2015, 09:58:49

...by a sparrowhawk chasing a starling. I was weeding, jumped up when something screamed beside me, and they went past my ear about two feet away!

Amazing what you see of life's little dramas simply by being in the right place at the right time. Now if it could just chase the pigeons off...

Adrian

Title: Re: Almost had my hair parted...
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on October 02, 2015, 14:49:18

I had a lovely little male dive a foot above my head once, then perch up a few yards away. They can certainly make you jump!

Title: Re: Almost had my hair parted...
Post by: astraman1 on October 24, 2015, 14:18:54

my grandad stumbled upon one the other day been visiting his feeder and the other day it caught a dove he watched it feed from about 10 ft away