Predator

Sparrowhawk [Accipiter nisus] f.

 

This little beauty appeared at The Pixies just after I had re-filled all the bird feeders...All the usual little songbirds, blue-, great-, and coaltits, nuthatches and chaffinches, were having a feast when, suddenly, they all disappeared into the trees.

 

I was thrilled to have caught this image but the implications of her presence here are really quite chilling...Of course, she has to eat, too, but the wee birdies have absolutely no chance against these lethal talons and beak.

 

She left this perch very soon after arriving and the wee birdies soon resumed their eating and seed- and nut-gathering.

 

The Circle Of Life? Ambivalence and cognitive dissonance...

 

(I know it’s not a great shot - she was very high up in this tree )

 

At The Pixies

South Carrick Hills

SW Scotland

 

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Done