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Sparrowhawk’s (3 Viewers)

Popeyethesailor

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Today I witnessed 2 Sparrowhawks in my garden Cambridgeshire UK, hunting one of the many sparrows in my garden, there were 2 sparrowhawks which I think are Juveniles ?
See pics below both different birds but going for the same prey at the same time.
so would I be right about juvenile vs Female?
Also is this usual for 2 sparrowhawks to be hunting so close together?
Any advice much appreciated
 

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Hello,

yes the first is a juvenile and the larger bird (the First in your video) should be an (adult or juvenile ?) female.

I know, that juvenile raptors learn the art of hunting from their parents, but I am not sure if this is the answer here
 
Might be an adult bird showing the juv. how to hunt, it would certainly be the right time of year.
Two weeks ago I had two Sprawks in my grdn. flying in and out of a tree, with one following tother, doing relatively slow circuits, unsure what was going on, wasn’t able to sex or age them at the time.

Cheers
 
Thanks for the replies, only last week I noticed 2 sparrowhawks flying very close together over my house, possibly the same birds, adult and juvenile does make sense, it’s not the first time I have had one visit the garden but I feel so lucky to have captured what happened today 😀
 

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