She stayed for over half an hour, plucking and consuming her meal before taking off with the remains. The power and stealth was spectacular.
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Thursday 12 December 2013
Garden drama
Just as I was leaving the house yesterday and going through the morning ritual of brushing my teeth whilst watching the garden from the back room, I watched a Collared Dove fly in and land on the lawn. Turning away for a second or two, the next thing I saw was a cloud of feathers and this quite awesome female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) breakfasting on an unfortunate Collared dove:
She stayed for over half an hour, plucking and consuming her meal before taking off with the remains. The power and stealth was spectacular.
She stayed for over half an hour, plucking and consuming her meal before taking off with the remains. The power and stealth was spectacular.
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