Have seen this chap swooping in for food a lot in the recent days/weeks; we have loads of Goldfinches, Blue Tits and Great Tits at the moment and just recently the SparrowHawk has been in 2 or 3 times a day. Just recently you see him swoop in, the Passerine birds fly off (fast) and the SparrowHawk simply departs with nothing.
Today, he sat on the fence and looked around for around 10 minutes or so, giving me the opportunity to creep into the conservatory and get him thorugh the glass; I guess he was wondering where his breakfast had gone. I can see a feather in his left claw, not sure if it's one of his or one of the smaller birds had a lucky escape.
Thank you for your recent visits, comments and favs on my offerings; always very much appreciated.
Fantastic capture! He does look rather innocent, the words of Bart Simpson come to mind ......
“I didn’t do it, nobody saw me!”, that feather in his claw suggests that he tried & probably failed! 😉
“I didn’t do it, nobody saw me!”, that feather in his claw suggests that he tried & probably failed! 😉