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Mar 23, 2014 17:49:58   #
wonkytripod Loc: Peterborough UK
 
LRO110 wrote:
Nice capture Andy, can't help with the ID though.


Cheers LRO

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Mar 23, 2014 17:51:45   #
wonkytripod Loc: Peterborough UK
 
vicksart wrote:
What an amazing capture (yours and the hawk's! I'm no help with the ID and I always feel sorry for the victim even though I know the hawk has to eat.


Thank you for dropping in Vicki. Your visits are always appreciated.

Luck is a wonderful thing

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Mar 24, 2014 14:02:51   #
gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand
 
wonkytripod wrote:
I was so busy trying to get a half decent shot of the Yellowhammers on the ground. They were approx 50 metres from the hedge that I was climbing through.

Took some shots with the P520 quite close to full zoom them looked back into the field to see they had all gone but there were 2 or 3 feathers drifting on the breeze near where they had been.

I am assuming that it must be a Sparrowhawk that came through and grabbed one of the little birds. If anyone out there is clued up enough to confirm or refute my thought would love to know your thoughts.
I was so busy trying to get a half decent shot of ... (show quote)


Great shot wonky, as fast as that happened, well done

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Mar 24, 2014 14:11:03   #
jjadeco25 Loc: Alma, AR
 
Great catch! I love to download my pictures and find a treasure that got into the shot.
wonkytripod wrote:
I was so busy trying to get a half decent shot of the Yellowhammers on the ground. They were approx 50 metres from the hedge that I was climbing through.

Took some shots with the P520 quite close to full zoom them looked back into the field to see they had all gone but there were 2 or 3 feathers drifting on the breeze near where they had been.

I am assuming that it must be a Sparrowhawk that came through and grabbed one of the little birds. If anyone out there is clued up enough to confirm or refute my thought would love to know your thoughts.
I was so busy trying to get a half decent shot of ... (show quote)


:thumbup:

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Mar 24, 2014 16:22:26   #
wonkytripod Loc: Peterborough UK
 
gregoryd45 wrote:
Great shot wonky, as fast as that happened, well done


Thanks for stopping by Gregory. Absolutely no credit to me other than deciding to go walking in that area at that time. But I'll take it.

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Mar 24, 2014 16:24:25   #
wonkytripod Loc: Peterborough UK
 
jjadeco25 wrote:
Great catch! I love to download my pictures and find a treasure that got into the shot.

:thumbup:


Thanks for dropping in and comments. I don't mind being photobombed like this.

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Mar 24, 2014 16:27:45   #
jjadeco25 Loc: Alma, AR
 
They are the best kind.
wonkytripod wrote:
Thanks for dropping in and comments. I don't mind being photobombed like this.

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Mar 24, 2014 16:38:18   #
wonkytripod Loc: Peterborough UK
 
jjadeco25 wrote:
They are the best kind.


:thumbup: :thumbup:

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Mar 25, 2014 07:23:44   #
Mikhir Loc: Manchester U.K.
 
Hi Wonky,its a great capture and I think its probably the male of either a Merlin or a Sparrowhawk. its a bit difficult to relate the size in comparison to the Yellowhammers.

Mike

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Mar 25, 2014 08:22:42   #
wonkytripod Loc: Peterborough UK
 
Mikhir wrote:
Hi Wonky,its a great capture and I think its probably the male of either a Merlin or a Sparrowhawk. its a bit difficult to relate the size in comparison to the Yellowhammers.

Mike


Hi Mike, thanks for the visit. I regularly see Red Kites, Buzzards and a Peregrine in the area but can tell it wasn't any of these. I would assume that Sparrowhawks frequent the area as well so that is my choice.

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