Thanks David for posting this.
It prompts me to recount my own encounter this afternoon with a very co-operative Collared Sparrowhawk - or Brown Goshawk - to be truthful I'm not sure which! Location, the northern boundary of Narrabundah Hill. As I walked down the track away from the road
a medium sized bird with a slate-grey back darted across in front of me and disappeared into a dense flowering wattle, causing a Crimson Rosella to exit the tree in alarm. After scanning the tree with the binoculars without a sign of it I was about to move
on when it suddenly emerged at speed from the thick growth, twisting and turning, to snatch a small bird in mid air and re-enter the cover of the tree. It was literally all over in a flash, had I looked in the opposite direction for a couple of seconds I
would have missed it. Having lost sight of the bird I was once again about to move on when it moved to a clear branch higher up in the tree and proceeded to, well, enjoy its meal, a process which went on for some time. Am I correct in assuming that the mid-air
catch means it is more likely to be a Sparrowhawk?
Cheers, Rod
On 2/10/2015 10:45 AM, David Rees wrote:
Recently came across a couple of very cooperative sparrowhawks - a female and a juvenile male - here is a close look of these birds https://vimeo.com/141122152
For those who have not seen my lovely film of a sparrowhawk taking a bath in the botanic gardens taken this time last year(ish) it is here https://vimeo.com/110971574
David
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