Collared

I could hardly believe my luck when, viewed with a zoom lens, a bird in our driveway turned out to be a Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrhocephalus) and its freshly captured meal. My bird guide book tells me these are found across Australia, but are uncommon. I had time for only this shot before it left, taking its meal with it.

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34 comments - The latest ones

Amelia ^club

From the tail feathers, it looks like this hawk has killed a woodpecker.
‘Nature Red in Tooth and Claw’

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

Thanks, Amelia, though we don't have woodpeckers in Australia. I've now done a little homework and suspect it may have been a Grey Fantail.

5 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Beautiful bird image.

5 years ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

you lucky man

5 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

a wonderful find

5 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

You were luckier than the poor bird on the ground George!
We had a sparrowhawk in the garden last year, so I stopped feeding the small birds for a while.

5 years ago.

Jean

A wonderful capture. Look at those piercing eyes.

5 years ago.

LutzP ^club

...amazing shot and beautiful bird.

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Remarkable capture!

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5 years ago.

* ઇઉ * ^club

What joy, George, and what a great shot!

5 years ago.

Richard Nuttall

Great catch George

5 years ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Grandiose ..La loi de la nature est parfois cruelle ++++++
Bonne journée.

5 years ago.

Reyk ^club

Fabulous image

5 years ago.

Janet Brien ^club

WOW WOW WOW!! What incredible luck, George! :D I have been lucky enough to see a few birds of prey on our feeders but it's not common and always fantastic when there is a camera nearby to capture the proof! Nice shot, grats on the sighting! :)

5 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Very well shown, George !

5 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Tremendous capture of a magnificent bird George, the stare says it all !

5 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Wonderful catch by both of you!

5 years ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Vu et admiré avec plaisir au
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5 years ago.

Pam J ^club

HE IS MAGNIFICENT

5 years ago.

Diana Australis ^club

You did well, George! He is a beauty. And one less pesky pigeon, by the looks...

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Great timing, George! That looks like a pretty big bird he got.

5 years ago.

Nora Caracci ^club

great catch !!!

5 years ago.

RHH

Regal bird and very proud of his catch!

5 years ago.

Tractacus ^club

Excellent! You were in the right place at the right time!

5 years ago.

Herb Riddle ^club

Life can be hard George but in capturing this moment of nature, you have done well.

Cheers, Herb

5 years ago.

Fred Fouarge ^club

de prooi zal wel een duif zijn

5 years ago.

Jeff Farley

A superb capture George and thank you for posting to FFF.

5 years ago.

micritter

Wonderful shot. Glad you had your camera ready!

5 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

Wonderful! Lucky to have your camera! I saw one on a fence a few yards from my apartment, once, had no idea what it was. I knew it was unusual, but as soon as I turned to get my camera it flew away. I searched something like "small raptor red tail stripe around eye" and found it: American sparrow hawk (kestrel) tinyurl.com/y27kmmr5 They are all over this continent, but unusual to see one, as is yours.

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

A really great catch, congratulations!

5 years ago.

RHH

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5 years ago.

LotharW ^club

Ein toller Jäger!

5 years ago.

Nomads

waw nice picture i like the eagle

5 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

Many thanks, everyone, for all your kind comments and stars on this image. I just felt incredibly lucky to see this and, even more so that my camera was in the next room, needing only a lens change.

5 years ago.

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