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<blockquote data-quote="James Lowther" data-source="post: 1228977" data-attributes="member: 9107"><p>dan, </p><p></p><p>if the accompanying descriptions don't sound anything like a sparrowhawk then that proves it is one because memory can be deceptive.... QED</p><p></p><p>if the picture seems to show structural features incompatible with sparrowhawk that proves it is one because photos can be deceptive.... QED</p><p></p><p>if you think it is not a sparrowhawk you are obviously not a birder.... QED</p><p></p><p></p><p>don't get me wrong - this bird most probably is a sparrowhawk and doesn't match any other UK species (and no-one's come up with a plausible exotic alternative)</p><p></p><p>but several *birders* have expressed perfectly reasonable doubts based on the pix and accompanying descriptions</p><p></p><p>and *again* IMHO their posts are more useful than the "no point discussing this" type ones</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Lowther, post: 1228977, member: 9107"] dan, if the accompanying descriptions don't sound anything like a sparrowhawk then that proves it is one because memory can be deceptive.... QED if the picture seems to show structural features incompatible with sparrowhawk that proves it is one because photos can be deceptive.... QED if you think it is not a sparrowhawk you are obviously not a birder.... QED don't get me wrong - this bird most probably is a sparrowhawk and doesn't match any other UK species (and no-one's come up with a plausible exotic alternative) but several *birders* have expressed perfectly reasonable doubts based on the pix and accompanying descriptions and *again* IMHO their posts are more useful than the "no point discussing this" type ones [/QUOTE]
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