unidentified bird of prey (1 Viewer)

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rigo

Member

• Dec 3, 2009

• #1

hallo,

unidentified bird of prey found run over in Bulgaria. it is a lovely creature. does anyone know what it is? there are quite a number of them around.
area is gently undulating farmland with wide open fields separated by lines of trees that act as windbreaks

thanks

rigo

 

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pauco

Старлин&

• Dec 3, 2009

• #2

Looks like a Sparrowhawk.

 

wintibird

André Weiss

Opus Editor

• Dec 3, 2009

• #3

Sparrowhawk to me too.

André

 

Biancone

to err is human

• Dec 3, 2009

• #4

It's an adult female Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus. The grey bars on pale wings and fine grey bars on the pale off-white body are characteristic. And, yes, they are lovely. Unfortunately they sometimes concentrate so hard on catching their prey (small birds) that they crash into windows or vehicles.

 

TWM

Well-known member

• Dec 3, 2009

• #5

It was a Sparrowhawk.

 

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rigo

Member

• Dec 5, 2009

• #6

thank you everybody - cant see them in summer when hidden by leaves but now no leaves na,na,na,na,na - have taken to setting off 10 mins early with binoculars ......

cheers