Sorry about the quality of these photos. They were taken through my patio window yesterday into a shady area by the fence.
The visitor was a female sparrowhawk and the unlucky lunch was a homing pigeon from a couple of roads away. She was munching away for about 45 minutes. Quite a meal for her. I did not want to open the door into the garden for fear of spooking her.
I am used to having the regular selection of garden birds here in Birmingham but do not get to see the sparrowhawk all that often.
Greg
The visitor was a female sparrowhawk and the unlucky lunch was a homing pigeon from a couple of roads away. She was munching away for about 45 minutes. Quite a meal for her. I did not want to open the door into the garden for fear of spooking her.
I am used to having the regular selection of garden birds here in Birmingham but do not get to see the sparrowhawk all that often.
Greg