Sparrowhawk
Just got home from a great day at the Raptor hide.
This juvenile Sparrowhawk was at the hide this morning for a little over 2 hours.
It was hunting and I think just being a complete pain to the Jays chasing them and forcing the down on to ground, every time they hit the deck the Sparrowhwk would fly back to a perch and wait for the next Jay to come in.
May be it is just practicing it's hunting techniques out and flying skill's, simply amazing to sit and watch.
This image was made from the closest it perched to the hide about 4 feet away, it was just to close to focus with my 400mm lens I had to pull the lens back in to the hide about 12 inch's to be able to focuson it, and at the same time not spook it before getting some images on the card.
Sparrowhawk
Just got home from a great day at the Raptor hide.
This juvenile Sparrowhawk was at the hide this morning for a little over 2 hours.
It was hunting and I think just being a complete pain to the Jays chasing them and forcing the down on to ground, every time they hit the deck the Sparrowhwk would fly back to a perch and wait for the next Jay to come in.
May be it is just practicing it's hunting techniques out and flying skill's, simply amazing to sit and watch.
This image was made from the closest it perched to the hide about 4 feet away, it was just to close to focus with my 400mm lens I had to pull the lens back in to the hide about 12 inch's to be able to focuson it, and at the same time not spook it before getting some images on the card.