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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: Carol on November 30, 2005, 13:53:51
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I was standing at my kitchen sink when the local sparrowhawk zoooooooomed past at great speed towards the bird tables. I reached my back door in record time and got the sparrowhawk attacking a female blackbird. 'Drop her you B***** ' was enough for the sparrowhawk to drop the Blackbird and fly off. She was ok minus a few feathers, but this must be the first time I have been able to save a bird. I know the sparrowhawk has to eat as well, but not a Blackbird.
:D :D :D :D :D
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I found a pile of grey feathers on my back garden yesterday. I suspect a sparrowhawk. Only feathers were left. My husband saw one on our garden taking a wood pigeon and they're huge.
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I was on the phone to my brother and was looking out the kitchen window at a
blackbird digging up a worm.
...it was his last supper!!
A sparrowhawk zoomed in from nowhere, grabbed it , dragged it across the lawn
and into neighbours garden.
I was speechless on the phone.
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but this must be the first time I have been able to save a bird.
Be very careful he doesn't carry you off Carol? Well done!! ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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I'm sat here in my front room watching the blackbirds feeding outside my window ... and a Sparrowhawk just landed out of nowhere and chased one of "my" blackbirds :(
It had the sense to dive into the bushes, I think - I'm just waiting to see if either of them comes back
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Gosh that is an old 'post' and I am still around and still watch the sparrowhawk almost daily coming for the blackbirds. She seems to have switched to goldfinches though because I have 12 blackbirds at least feeding. :) :)
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yes, an old post ... I looked up "blackbird sparrowhawk" in the same thread, because Other Half said a sparrowhawk wouldn't take a blackbird.
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The male which is a lot smaller than the female. might well find a blackbird too much. But a big female can easily manage one.
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The female sparrowhawk takes a collared dove which is bigger than a female blackbird. She even has a go at a woodpigeon, if she is desperately hungry. :o
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We saw one take a collared dove.
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In Devon, we saw a female [ big !] sparrow hawk zoom past our window --
within seconds we heard a bird in distress, we were out there like a shot and stood in wonder !
There she was on our path, her wings were spread to cover her prey -- we stood there ,
she slowly turned her head to look at us -- we retreated quietly, it was done !
floss xxx