Visitor Left Me Some Feathers.

[wobbly face]

Was busy tying some of these for an old mate:


Then I had a visitor who left some feathers so I choosed these:

form out of thses:


And tyed some of these:
.






My visitor:
.

Wouldn't let me have any of his personal feathers.

[Mrtrout]

Great pics WF.
S.

[fredaevans]

That last photo is a cracker jack. Can you/any one identify the type of hawk? (I assume it's a hawk.)

fae

[maharg]

Sparrowhawk Fred, female i think?

[carpy10]

nice photo flies arent bad either

[A. Fluker]

Great pic of the hawk.

Lovely bird.

[wobbly face]

It's a Male Sparrow Hawk.


Young male. This could have been him last year, note the more stripped chest and he didn't catch anything either.

[lhomme]

Looks well fed, though or was it just a cold and wet spring day? Cracking pictures, WF, majestic bird.

Regards,
Johan

[fredaevans]

Thanks for the bird ID; the colouration on that thing is just gorgeous. Off to Google.

fae

[mot]

Lovely pics of the sparrowhawk, beautiful birds. I've had the pleasure of seeing one close up a number of times at my parents. She sits on the fence down the sideway and waits a few minutes for the birds to settle back down in the garden. If you're careful you can peek through the side door window and see her sitting a couple of feet away. When everythings settled down she flies out of the drive, round the house to pick up speed, and down next doors sideway. Then all hell breaks loose and she usually ends up somewhere in the garden with her dinner. Incredible to watch, such efficient hunters.