✿❥Sparrowhawk In Menus Birds Lodge✿❥
11 videos • 276 views • by Menora James Sparrowhawk is a everyday visitor In my garden.He mostly targets Goldfinches and has been visitng my garden for the past 2 years.I have missed more than I have captured of him.Bcz some times it happens so fast and I am unable to film it. I have seen many times how he has captured Goldfinches and taken them away.After his visits my garden is so silent for some time and no birds are to be seen. Sparrowhawk =========== Sparrowhawks are small birds of prey. They're adapted for hunting birds in confined spaces like dense woodland, so gardens are ideal hunting grounds for them. Adult male sparrowhawks have bluish-grey back and wings and orangey-brown bars on their chest and belly. Females and young birds have brown back and wings, and brown bars underneath. Sparrowhawks have bright yellow or orangey eyes, long, yellow legs and long talons. Females are larger than males, as with most birds of prey. Sparrowhawks breed in woodland but also visit gardens and more open country. Listen for the alarm calls of smaller birds as they spot a sparrowhawk and will alert other birds in the area to the danger. At any time of year; you might see birds displaying to each other in early spring, when males perform a 'rollercoaster' flight, climbing up and diving back down again to impress females. What they eat =========== Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats.