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Oct 1^st, 2004 at 1:24pm

Fozzer Offline
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Hi all...!

A very rare visitor flew in this afternoon and scattered all the Sparrows in my garden...!
He/She landed on my fence and allowed me to take this photograph.
Even the flash didn't scare it.

Does any one know what type it is, Hawk or Buzzard..?

Many thanks...

Cheers all... Grin

...!

Paul.

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Reply #1 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 1:28pm

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now thats a bird. looks a little like a hawk to me.

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Reply #2 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 1:40pm

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Hi Foz... I think it's a Peregrine Falcon. Never seen one myself. Whaddya think? http://www.laurencepoh.com/gallery/falcons/Peregrine_Falcon_3320
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Reply #3 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 1:45pm

Steve-O Ex Member

That isn't a falcon, looks a lot more like a gos hawk to me.

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Reply #4 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 1:51pm

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That isn't a falcon, looks a lot more like a gos hawk to me.

Doesn't look anything like a Curtiss...

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #5 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 2:47pm

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I have no idea what it is but that's a magnificent creature Paul. Wink

I don't know much about birds of prey. They're all hawks to me but from the size & shape of its beak it could be a common European Kestrel - (Falco tinnunculus). http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/kestrel.shtml

PS. I think it's too small for a buzzard.

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Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 2:55pm

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It seem like it escapes from a zoo near from where you live Fozzer 8)

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 3:43pm

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I am wondering if it is some sort of an Owl Paul?

I have lots of different birds here, owls, hawks, gulls etc and we have a perfect understanding...they stay off my runway and I stay out of their trees

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Now if I were you Paul and that was my fence I would walk right up to him/her and demand it's flying permit, then you can obtain the information off that.

Hope I have been of help...take it you are not going to offer me dinner tonight....RIGHT! Roll Eyes