Little Owl

wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
edited November 3, 2013 in Wildlife
There I was having Breakfast and when i looked out this was on the lawn

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  • ChesterJackChesterJack Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited September 9, 2013
    wave01 wrote: »
    There I was having Breakfast and when i looked out this was on the lawn

    [IMG][/img]9709046804_e2f5c35028.jpg
    IMG_3289.psd by driver_wave, on Flickr

    Are you certain that is an owl?
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  • wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2013
    I am pretty certain that its a little owl but i am open to suggestions
  • JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2013
    wave01 wrote: »
    I am pretty certain that its a little owl but i am open to suggestions

    I suggest it's a hawk, but I don't know the European species. In any case, it is definitely not an owl, and definitely not the European Little Owl (Athene noctua), which has a very distinctly different appearance.
  • wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2013
    thanks everyone having asked around local bird watchers they think its a sparrow hawk but a young one
  • peargrinpeargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2013
    What ever he is, how great to have him just waiting in your backyard for his portrait! He's a beauty, as is your capture!

    Best wishes,

    Pear
  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2013
    More precisely it's an "accipiter". On this side of the pond it could be a Cooper's or Sharp-shinned Hawk.
    They prey on small birds and drive the birds at my feeders crazy.
    Nice capture.
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  • ChesterJackChesterJack Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited September 15, 2013
    wave01 wrote: »
    thanks everyone having asked around local bird watchers they think its a sparrow hawk but a young one

    Still a nice capture and I apologize for not saying so first.
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  • WossaWossa Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited October 11, 2013
    ChesterJack wrote: »
    Still a nice capture and I apologize for not saying so first.

    Nice pic....but this is a definate sparrow hawk.
  • OsoOso Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2013
    Very nice hawk photo. Hope he pays you a return visit; keep the telephoto lens on the camera when you're around the backyard!

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  • kobistarkobistar Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited November 3, 2013
    Wow. Truly magnificent.

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