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Instant Karma

On Saturday I read that interesting essay on Brown Falcons written by David in his blog birdsaspoetry.com/2024/04/13/saturday-evening-post-the-va...

and felt rather sorry that I saw the raptors only occassionally; definitely not often enough to feel comfortable while identifiying some species.

Come Sunday and the first bird I see on a verge of The Pines Fauna and Flora Reserve is this Collared Sparrowhawk!

At first I thought it was a Brown Goshawk but then, alerted by the long middle toe, I dug deeper...

 

(Accipiter cirrocephalus)

Identity clarified with ABID - Collared Sparrowhawk vs Brown Goshawk

 

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Uploaded on April 15, 2024
Taken on April 14, 2024