After lunch, I was preparing a hot cherry stone bag for myself to stay cosy (cherry stones instead of wheat) when I looked out of the kitchen window to see this little girl having her lunch break.
Lunch visitor
This female sparrow hawk was merrily ripping the feathers off her prey and I watched her for a while before I cuddled back up on my comfy chair with my cherry stone bag.
She made my day.
You can tell if it was a male or female by the size of it's prey.
ReplyDeleteFemales being the largest of the species go for larger birds. Even pidgeons on occasion.
I find the colour helps too, the male is more grey on top and the speckles on it's chest, the female more brown. Size is a little tricky to judge when the other bird is shredded!
ReplyDelete"it's"? Those dreaded apostrophes get everywhere don't they :-)
ReplyDeleteThe chest of it, possessive, therefore it requires an apostrophe? I'll have to check with mother now, for peace of mind...
ReplyDeleteNope, wrong in this cse...it's is abbreviation for "it is", no apostrophe for possessive its...
ReplyDeleteReally? Shucks. I need to be less possessive!
ReplyDeleteLOL. Well done on a fab blog by the way - very amusing, interesting and informative. Great photos too.
ReplyDeleteIt's surprisingly good fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's a window into another life for those of us stuck in suburbia on the treadmill of work, sleep, work, sleep...
ReplyDeleteI was wrong and you are right (anonymous). I blame it on writing too fast!+
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