Resident killer

by K20Dave

This sparrowhawk was locked on to his next victim and has taken many birds including sparrows a male blackbird and collard dove from our garden.
Uploaded09/10/2014 - 19:08
CategoryWildlife / Nature
Shutter Speed1/90
Aperturef/5.6
LensN/A
ISO800
Focal Length300mm
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1stEverPentax
Posted 09/10/2014 - 19:54 Link
Nice shot of a lovely creature. We've got a similar killer on the loose
in the area surrounding and including our property. Every few days I'll notice a carpet of white feathers from another unlucky resident wood pigeon on the grass or our path. Luckily we have quite a few pigeons...hence the attraction i suppose.

Now that dawn is arriving later I keep telling myself I should do a stake out with camera and hope to catch the killer in the act.

regards

Karlo
dcweather
Posted 09/10/2014 - 21:37 Link
Nice. Not had one for a while in our garden.
davidwozhere
Posted 10/10/2014 - 01:12 Link
Lovely portrait.
We had a nesting pair for several years but people complained about the noise they made. .... The council chopped their tree down !!

David
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Teaka53
Posted 10/10/2014 - 14:26 Link
Great shot of this wonderful bird.
Malc
tomkeet
Posted 10/10/2014 - 18:17 Link
Excellent capture.
Regards, Tom

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