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Seen at Grandtully a week back - they spent 40 mins fighting. We had to leave, but would have been interesting to see who won....


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 5:55 pm
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Fantastic isn't it 🙂

That's what... a sparrowhawk? Taking on a crow? Nutter 😀

I saw a stoat and rabbit in a death tussle in a verge once, by the time I stopped and turned around, the rabbit had lost.


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 5:58 pm
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Aye, Sparrowhawk vs Crow. My money was on the hawk - crow was getting V tired and the hawk looks like a nutter!


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 6:17 pm
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Sparrowhawk will win - because it's a female!

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[url= http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.aspx ]Sparrowhawk (female) - RSPB[/url]


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 6:36 pm
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David Attenborough eat your heart out - great photo. Real fight action in the blurred wings and a look of "i'll get you you b'stard") from the sparrowhawk


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 6:36 pm
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Great pic!
I always smile when I see a buzzard fly over invariably followed by a couple of crows trying to beat the crap out of it.


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 6:46 pm
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Great picture! Should be in the 'Pictures you have taken in the last month...' thread. (As well)


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 7:15 pm
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Looks to me like the crow's already lost!

Nice pic 🙂


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 7:37 pm
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That's a terrific photo, I'd love to have witnessed that and photographed it. The sparrowhawk is almost certain to win. I was cycling home along a country lane once and heard this terrific ruckus in front. As I came around a slight bend there was a stoat rolling around in the road with a rabbit squealing like mad. To add to the confusion there was a cock blackbird flapping around, dive-bombing the stoat and making loud warning calls. After several minutes the stoat backed off and the rabbit lit off up the road at a rate of knots, and the blackbird dove onto the stoat a couple more times until it vanished into the hedge. Amazing sight, glad I witnessed it.


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 7:47 pm
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I don't give the sparrowhawk long to live though, crows tend to talk, then hold a parliament...


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 10:03 pm
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Subtle, MrNutt, very subtle. Possibly too much so for these parts...


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 11:25 pm
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Sparrowhawk is a female. They are bigger and go for bigger prey.
It looks like a Jackdaw to me.


 
Posted : 02/09/2010 11:44 pm

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