Bird of prey?
sacha wrote:
I've put this in the bird group, too. We've just seen a bird perched on the back of one of the garden chairs, just a few feet from the window. It had a hawk like beak and a dark body which, at rest, appeared to have white spots over its back. The chest had a pale creamy patch and had a red tinge in the middle of it. The eyes were dark. As it flew away, the tail was something between a fan and a fork and barred. We would say it was about the size of a wood pigeon and slightly dishevelled looking. We've never seen it here before or, perhaps, we've never seen whatever-it-is so close up. Initially I thought Sparrowhawk but the eye is yellow. Merlin? http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...ry_merlin2.jpg -- Chris |
Bird of prey?
On 2014-03-12 10:18:03 +0000, CT said:
sacha wrote: I've put this in the bird group, too. We've just seen a bird perched on the back of one of the garden chairs, just a few feet from the window. It had a hawk like beak and a dark body which, at rest, appeared to have white spots over its back. The chest had a pale creamy patch and had a red tinge in the middle of it. The eyes were dark. As it flew away, the tail was something between a fan and a fork and barred. We would say it was about the size of a wood pigeon and slightly dishevelled looking. We've never seen it here before or, perhaps, we've never seen whatever-it-is so close up. Initially I thought Sparrowhawk but the eye is yellow. Merlin? http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...ry_merlin2.jpg We think that could well be it. Ray mentioned this to one of the Nursery team who is very much a countryman and has lived hereabouts all his life. He reckons he's seen a Merlin two or three times, sometimes flying up the road in front of his car. I said that we've seen sparrowhawks do that but he said the markings are quite different. We often see sparrowhawks here and this wasn't one! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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