Peskyfoxs Posted April 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 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... Thanks but I don't think I'll be spending £10 to enter for that reason alone (excluding the fact I wouldn't win) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigsy Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Nice image. Is that a juvenille from last season? Seems very brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACTICAL SNIPER Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 FANTASTIC PICS! GOOD JOB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I dont think its a last season bird going by the stripes on the breast feathers but it still only a younster 2 or 3 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigsy Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebald Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 They are great pictures well done. I saw a sparrowhawk on a starling the other day and it got away, it kind of folded its wings and dropped last minute and turned back on its self quite surprised how agile they are when they need to bb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigsy Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Done a bit of digging re the birds age and apparently the juveniles moult to adult plumage in the second year moult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason kaye Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 They will moult into adult plumage at the end of their first year, the bird in the photo is definitely a first year bird. Jase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) Nice image. Is that a juvenille from last season? Seems very brown. They can vary regionally. Looks like an adult female to me.. Edited April 11, 2014 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason kaye Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Too brown to be an adult, but the tell tale sign that it's a juvenile is the buff coloured edges to the feathers on the back and upper wings, adults don't have these, they're a more uniform colour, the russet coloured edges to the feathers are what gave them their old falconry name "red hawk" or "sore hawk" meaning a bird of the year, the adult female Spar has a more ashy grey colour to the back whilst the adult male is more of a dark slatey blue, whilst the breast markings on an adult female is usually very dark brown or black ,but can contain a slight orangey tinge whilst the adult male's markings are a bright redish orange. Jase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigsy Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Cheers, interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arko Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Just fantastically good and stunning photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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