Re: A Sparrowhawk.

Gerald L R Stubbs <stubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
I had often seen spars in flight and they seemed
bigger than the thing I had in my hands, which was really no bigger than
a dove, but with longer legs and tail. The body was quite small.

Indeed. Quite tiny but very determined.

You can understand why they can't even fly away with a collared dove.

One had a good go at a rook in our garden and only let go when its saw
us peering at it through the window.

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Oz
This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious.



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