This beauty spent a good 5 minutes hunting on the ground, under a Berberis before a magpie scared it off.
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/April/sparrerawk.jpg)
fantastic shot i had one hit my living room window and by the time i got my camera it had flown off.
Lucky you, what a wonderful bird!
Great pic Eric!
I saw my very first sparrowhawk in the garden just two days ago and was honoured to see it, she was selecting lunch and almost suceeded in taking a blackbird but it got away just in time.
Here is a web cam of a peregrine falcon in Sad Dad county for the wild life lovers.
http://195.224.106.202/peregrine/webcam.htm