Peskyfoxs Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Taken in the back garden/field this afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Beautiful birds, lovely photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peskyfoxs Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 cheers, I hear a huge commotion outside, went and had a look over the wall and the hawk was getting mobbed by magpies and the starling was screaming its nuts off (understandbly) so I dived in the house and grabbed the camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedster Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Nice pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchsan51 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peskyfoxs Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Stunning photo's U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) Stunning birds and great pictures, I just hope it made short work of that starling - although I doubt it did. Edited March 30, 2014 by FalconFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peskyfoxs Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Going by the screeching I doubt it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double10 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 nice photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 cracking pics,lovely birds,well done sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Thats ace. I love bops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Absolutely stunning photos. You were lucky that the Sparrow Hawk let you get so close. I cannot tell whether the starling was dead at that point or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peskyfoxs Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 It was alive at this point, the bird was mantling against the magpies and wasn't bothering about me too much although I kept still and was using a 300mm lens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Going by the screeching I doubt it too Great pics. Those male starlings can do a bit of damage with that sharp beak....often the hawk will use its talons to kill it and keep its vulnerable eyes well out of the way until its dead. I saw a young bird try and take a green woodpecker once and after about 5 minutes it wished it hadn't ! The pecker got away. ! Edited March 31, 2014 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Lovely pics.One of my favourite Bird of Prey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 i was sat in my old mans garden last year and a sparrow hawk took a sparrow out of the bush no more then a few feet away ... what a sight so fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnyblatter Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Wow They are stunning pics of a stunning bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 And if they cannot kill it they will eat it alive anyway. Nasty end for a partridge or wood pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blower86 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I often get remarks about shooting about the humaneness, and the badger cull recently had all that malarkey about certain amount of seconds to die etc... However we let and watch with awe at animals killing their prey and nobody batts an eyelid. E.g some pictures of a young buffalo (i think, or could have been something such like) being killed by a Lion in yesterdays dailymail online. Was a young one and took an age to die whilst the lions tore at it's flesh whilst it writhed around on the floor and the adults were all watching and trying to stop the lions and tried to revive it when they had gone but it was dead... Pretty horrific stuff - yet shooting is apparently worse? Do love to see BOP out and about, quite buzz when you hear their huge wings going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwizard Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Saw same in our garden yesterday but was it was away as soon as I opened our door , I have seen it happen several times over past few years in our garden and wonder if it is the same bird or at least from same brood as once they find easy pickings they often return , I feed the songbirds and they in return feed the raptors , just wish I was as fast with my camera ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkycorksta Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Good enough pics to enter into this years Countryfile competition. Well done sir. Unfortunately the subject matter may be a little raw for many armchair wildlife lovers :( Funny how a freshly barbecued chicken leg or a piece of crispy brown bacon steaming on a plate doesn't even register as something that was ever alive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Stunning photos well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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