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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ANdy5551" data-source="post: 1583088" data-attributes="member: 57753">It seems there may be some variation based upon the habitat locally. I have seen most of the attacks near me take place after the hawk had spiralled up to great height on thermals. The local martins spiralling frantically around it, calling, (although not causing the hawk any worry at all) then simply plummetting, most prergrine like, at great speed striking an unwitting bird who possibly was too far away to hear or see the alarm calls from the mobbing flocks spiralling up with it.This is by far ans away th emost common form of attack round here, it is a rare sight indeed to see one darting through gardens to attack, it is not that i dont witness them as the alarm callsd alerting you to an attack in progress always tell you when its happening. Never seen a kill on a hedge hop either, whereas the stoop almost always leads to a success.</blockquote>