Sparrowhawk grabs pigeon on Central Station

[Nikolas Haass <>]

Hi Tom and Andrew,

Based on size there are indeed two options: (1) female Sparrowhawk, (2) male 
Goshawk.
However, slender overall structure, slender tarsi, pale yellow iris and 
square-looking tail point towards female Sparrowhawk.

Cheers,

Nikolas

 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Andrew Thelander <>
To: 'Tom Tarrant' <>
Cc: 'Birding-aus' <>
Sent: Friday, April 1, 2011 9:04 PM
Subject: Sparrowhawk grabs pigeon on Central Station

Hi Tom

The article says that the journalists originally identified it as a goshawk
but people emailed in to correct them - including a zoologist from the
Natural History Museum who is "certain" it is a sparrowhawk. So there was
some confusion and doubt!  Maybe still is.

Andrew



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From: Tom Tarrant  
Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 7:57 PM
To: Andrew Thelander
Cc: Birding-aus
Subject: Sparrowhawk grabs pigeon on Central Station



Hi Andrew,

I'm aware that a similar thread was recently on B-A but I think that this
may be a Goshawk rather than a Sparrowhawk! (though I'm quite happy to be
corrected!)

Tom

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Andrew Thelander <>
wrote:

Hi

Raptor enthusiasts might like this photo taken in Stockholm's Central
Station.

http://www.dn.se/sthlm/en-sparvhok-ar-en-sparvhok-och-inget-annat

cheers

Andrew







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