I was too cold to look for Crossbill with Dave B so I stayed in the car, in the car park. No sooner had he disappeared around the corner when this male #Sparrowhawk flew in and perched up right beside me. Sometimes you're lucky!!!

There were no Crossbill for Dave B. Sometimes you're unlucky.

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Look into the Eyes! Male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), Pebblebed Heaths, Devon.

A friend and I had been birdwatching and he wanted to see if he could find any Crossbill. As I was cold, I stayed in the car and waited. No sooner had my fri...

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A hawk just tried to eat one of our chickens. Not the big Red-tailed Hawk that has been sitting over the back yard every day lately, but a much smaller Coopers Hawk. They eat birds, but a chicken is a bit harder to subdue than a sparrow, fortunately, so I had time to run out and scare it away. Chicken are hiding now, so I’m crossing my fingers that there are no serious injuries. #accipter #predation #BackyardChickens #Chickens #CoopersHawk