John Robinson
02-04-2014, 11:07 AM
Sparrow hawk (Male)
Whilst working a colony of sand martins from a hide, this Sparrow hawk would come severasl times a day and either pluck a young one at the tunnel entrance or pick dead ones off the floor. It was amazing to wath. He would come along the cliff face(sand quarry) the suddenly turn 90 dggrees and shoot a leg out to grab anything available. The chick in the picture is one he took off the floor. Not too nice to sit and watch from a hide - but nature and all that.
The pale area at the bottom is a puddle of rain water
Nikon D200
Sigma 50-500mm
640 ISO
200th sec @f8
Nearly full frame
ev down 1
PP in paint shop pro- levels
Thanks for comments on last pic. Been absent a while with pc probs.
Cheers
John
Whilst working a colony of sand martins from a hide, this Sparrow hawk would come severasl times a day and either pluck a young one at the tunnel entrance or pick dead ones off the floor. It was amazing to wath. He would come along the cliff face(sand quarry) the suddenly turn 90 dggrees and shoot a leg out to grab anything available. The chick in the picture is one he took off the floor. Not too nice to sit and watch from a hide - but nature and all that.
The pale area at the bottom is a puddle of rain water
Nikon D200
Sigma 50-500mm
640 ISO
200th sec @f8
Nearly full frame
ev down 1
PP in paint shop pro- levels
Thanks for comments on last pic. Been absent a while with pc probs.
Cheers
John