Very difficult on this photo because nothing diagnostic really shows but what
is there to me suggests that it is a Brown Goshawk. Mostly because the feet and
toes are not thin and it beak is not small and it is a bit robust in body shape.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Payne
Sent: Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:54 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: Collared Sparrowhawk
A friend who lives in Tuggeranong sent me this photo, taken in their garden on
the weekend, asking if the bird is a Collared Sparrowhawk.
Looks like it to me. Apparently the bird came into their garden with a Crested
Pigeon in its clutches; when they went out to investigate the pigeon got away
but the sparrowhawk stayed around long enough to be photographed.
Nick Payne
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