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Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Sparrowhawk - nil, sparrows - BIG win

The other afternoon, Len was idly eating a Clementine orange (nicked from Christmas goodies) and watching the back garden/ aka our Playground. And this is what he saw, but it happened so fast it sure isn't his photo!
The sparrowhawk was chasing a little sparrow - which was fleeing for cover into our evergreen huge bush here, where all is its little pals live. At times we've seen up to 40+ of them in one go, chattering and gathering!

Anyhow, with the hawk following at great speed, the teeny sparrow shot into the bush followed by the sparrowhawk and there was such a rumpus :)

For a few seconds the bush rustled like crazy and suddenly out tumbled the sparrowhawk - landing right in the bird bath in a heap. All fluffed up and shaking its head in a daze before it flew off.

I think them sparrows, all 40 or so of them, sorted, 'im out  - bop, bop, bop!!! :)

YAY, hooray for the little birds.

 Di 

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16 comments:

  1. ike17 December 2013 at 04:37

    WooHoo!!!! - one up for the little Guys :-D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  2. Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards17 December 2013 at 06:23

    Hag, Miss what a cracker! great pickies too even if borrowed, Shaz in Oz.x

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  3. Sarah17 December 2013 at 06:31

    Sadly we don't have sparrowhawks in our neck of the woods but be do have a pair of buzzards that are found daily wandering around the horse paddocks or sitting on the fence posts. It's a common site to see them being "chased" by our resident blackbirds, starlings and other smaller birdies. One up for the little peeps!! xx

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  4. Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards17 December 2013 at 08:02

    On mobile and meant hah! not hag stupid auto spelling, sorry.x

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  5. Sarn17 December 2013 at 09:11

    Yay . . . GO SPARROWS GO! Stick it to the Man!
    xxx

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  6. Laura17 December 2013 at 10:28

    What a privilege to watch :)

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  7. mamapez517 December 2013 at 11:05

    What a great story! Kate x

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  8. Karen P17 December 2013 at 13:13

    Beautiful bird but way to go sparrows! xx

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  9. Sandra H17 December 2013 at 15:40

    Well done to the sparrow's xx

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  10. Greta17 December 2013 at 15:48

    Oh for goodness sake--that is amazing! I love the big birds, but not when they're after the little ones! Some of nature I just don't want to see--LOL!

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  11. Cornelia (fun stamping)17 December 2013 at 18:03

    Must have been so cool to watch - well, hawks need to eat too and as predators they are important for the food chain....

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  12. Kathleen17 December 2013 at 21:48

    Sparrow in the tree top,
    Sparrow in the tree top,
    another blast from the past that you have had me singing all day.

    Pay back time me thinks, good on'em.

    Kath x

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  13. Bonnie18 December 2013 at 01:08

    He is awesome, but I'm glad the little birds won that fight!

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  14. scrappymo!18 December 2013 at 07:01

    So glad the little guys won.

    But the hawk is a thing of beauty to see flying too!

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  15. Hettie18 December 2013 at 13:23

    Yeay! Up the lickle ones!
    xx

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  16. Mrs A.18 December 2013 at 13:39

    The doc says Hi. just Sat him down in front of this to have a read. We have a bush too (Well technically next doors but it is hanging over our side of the fence) which all the little birds congregate in. It is right outside our back door so its lovely to stand and watch them all from the UT room. The Whimps likes watching em too (from the safety of behind the per spec cat flap mind!!).
    Hugs Mrs A.

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