Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Sparrowhawk

Images from Nick Dawtrey of this male sparrowhawk which landed in the middle of the road with this pigeon near the Barge & Barrell pub in Elland while Nick was travelling back from the gravel pits with Ady this afternoon.

The hawk stayed with it's prey for 40 mins before deciding to eat and could easily had been run over in the middle of the road had not a passer by picked the pigeon up and put it by the edge of the road where the hawk returned to the prey and was approachable to within 5 or 6 feet! Lucky escape for the hawk - but not the pigeon.

In the right place at the right time Nick/Ady - well done with the camera




















1 comment:

Mark said...

This reminds me of a Male Sparrowhawk I saw once take a pigeon on off India Buildings (opposite Eureka) in Halifax, it fell to the ground with it's dead prey in it's talons - looking around at the traffic queuing to go work, as if to say "I know I should be flying - stop looking at me!!"