Sparrow-hawk in the Rain

Another grey and rainy day! I decided that as it wasn’t a day conducive to going out that I would do some ironing. I glanced out of the kitchen window & there in the Magnolia tree was this beauty! Phil’s camera was on the side complete with large telephoto lens & I decided if I went to get mine the bird would be long gone when I got back, so I took the chance that he would let me have the photos off his camera & used his! He relinquished them relatively easy, hence my offering for today! 😂

[Phil Sandford]

Great capture

[JackieR]

law states person who took the photo has copyright no matter who owns camera. Good call - great shot

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/13/photographer-centre-bizarre-court-battle-reveals-sued-monkey/

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh lovely!

[Louise]

That's a super capture!

[Kristin]

Great blues purples and greens! Well captured with that telephoto! fav.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super find and capture - such a beautiful bird just sitting there !

[tony gig]

Great capture.

[gloria jones]

Terrific shot and framing

[Richard Brown]

Great shot. My wife saw one in the Garden today. Unfortunately it was snacking on one of the garden birds!

[Valerie Chesney]

Wonderful capture.

[Carole Sandford]

@rjb71 unfortunately that is what they do 🤔

[Lou Ann]

A beautiful capture.

[Islandgirl]

A beautiful hawk!

[Jane Pittenger]

Reminds me of peregrine falcons

[Diana]

My first thought was a Peregrine too, they do look very similar. Lovely shot.

[Lynda McG]

Amazing - fav

[Dione Giorgio]

Terrific capture. Beautiful bird of prey. Fav.

[Pigeons Farm]

Such a gorgeous colour!

[Merrelyn]

Lovely shot :)

[Steve Jacob]

I'm hopeless with names so what ever it is, it's a great capture. fav

[Casablanca]

ooh what a lovely capture!

[Rosie Kind]

What a super shot Fav

[Kathy A]

Nice shot, nice detail