Showing posts with label Sparrowhawk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sparrowhawk. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Yellow Bellied Flycatcher

Yellow Bellied Flycatcher fighting for survival on the NJR
TheTamshee: reads with interest that the Norfolk twitchers are flocking to glimpse the "rare to these shores"
Yellow Bellied Flycatcher which has been seen in Europe for the first time. Normally a resident of the spruce bogs in Canada and the north-eastern United States they seem to have been de-railed while migrating to Mexico. It's also been a spectacle for the troops on the NJR. We have, what seems like hundreds flying around the rig at the mercy of four rather fat Sparrowhawks and a buzzard.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

"Such glance did Falcon never dart, When stooping on his prey" Marmion
TheTamshee: is always on the look out for birds of prey; while travelling on the B6359 Bowden to Melrose back road we spotted the secretive Sparrowhawk in the sparse hedgerow. The female bird was unconcerned, allowing me to reverse alongside for a close up view. See this Site for some fun birds in the bath, including the sparrowhawk. Copyright Dave Culley