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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikfoz" data-source="post: 1420281" data-attributes="member: 72221">Better tell that to the Sparrowhawk then. They often (but not always) swoop from perches.<a href="http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/british-birds/9459-sparrowhawk-hunting-techniques.html" target="_blank">http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/british-birds/9459-sparrowhawk-hunting-techniques.html</a><a href="http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/sparrowhawk.htm" target="_blank">http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/sparrowhawk.htm</a>Yes, it's usually from cover, but the one I saw doing this was clearly not reading the rule book on cover and using the same technique described. It also tends to deliberately flush prey from reed beds and pick one off as a tactic. Dropping from perches after having blended in is not all that unusual, but spectacular to watch.It seems that the more on the spot accounts from actual observers I read about any type of bird, the more atypical behaviour seems to turn up.</blockquote>