More Brown Goshawk @ mulligans (film)

[Martin Butterfield <>]

In glancing through my few images of Collared Sparrowhawks in most cases one set of talons are devoted to holding prey while the other is grasping a branch.    Could this assist them in learning to perch stably on one leg?

Martin

Martin Butterfield

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On 21 January 2018 at 17:02, Duncan McCaskill <> wrote:

A lot of birds seem to like to stand on one leg, including hawks. 

Three of these are Collared Sparrowhawks, the one in bottom right corner is a Brown Goshawk. I think standing on one leg is something they like to do when resting in one spot.

On 21 January 2018 at 13:01, David Rees <> wrote:

Here we see two female 'teenagers' hanging about.  One is trying to perch with one foot (something I cannot say I've seen a hawk do before) high up in a tree on a windy day- as it tries to maintain its raptor 'dignity' - with difficulty.....,  its sibling has a better idea.

Fimed 20+ metres up in a big tree in Mulligans a few days ago.

https://vimeo.com/251995071

Enjoy

David