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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChrisKten" data-source="post: 1292978" data-attributes="member: 69033">I get up at 6 every morning and this morning, just as it was light, I heard a Jay's alarm. Actually it could have been a Squirrel's alarm as I wasn't awake properly.So I looked out the kitchen window, and saw one of the regular Squirrels walking about, and on the fence, not 6 feet from it, was the female Sparrowhawk. I'm not sure if it had just taken a drink from the bird bath, or if it was after the Squirrel. She ignored me until I threw some nuts out, then flew off.Early afternoon the male Sparrowhawk swooped into the tree, just missing a Starling. He chased it around the tree for awhile, then flew off with empty talons.I've always had Sparrowhawks visiting, but lately my garden seems to have become even more popular. I suppose with more 70 birds at a time in the garden, it had to happen.</blockquote>