🦉 The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk
- Accipiter accipere (lat.) to grab
- nisus according to ancient Greek mythology Nisus (or Nisus), king of Megara, and his Skill's daughter, who betrayed her father because of her love passion for the enemy - the Cretan King Minos, were turned by the gods into birds of prey
One day at the beginning of spring I went into the forest to see if the snow had melted; after all, it was already dry in the city. And no, by this time there was still snow in the forest, and a lot of it. The birds were still in small flocks and did not separate into pairs. And I was surrounded by such a flock of birds. There were great tits, long-tailed tits, and willow tits. I photographed them, and they went about their business, searching for food. And then suddenly I heard the thin, high, needle-like squeak of great tits, and the long-tailed tits also screamed in alarm. It became clear to me that this was an air raid signal, a predator was somewhere nearby.
I began to hastily look at the tops of the trees and then a predator quickly flew past and sat down on a branch. He just sat and didn’t even hunt, and nearby the small birds on which he feeds were anxiously scurrying around.
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Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |
Sparrow hawk has similar look here, moves swiftly through the trees and seldom able to capture lovely photos like you have.
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How are you dear friend @ratel good morning
How great that you visited the forest and found this beautiful hawk, I love its penetrating gaze and its beautiful color
Beautiful photographs, I appreciate that you let us know about this beautiful specimen
have a great day
Thank you for your kind words dear friend, I really appreciate it.
oh some really nice pictures of the sparrowhawk. You got really close althogh there is a bit of a branch in the way.
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