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Birds, Insects & Bats in flight (outdoors) Page 46
Image Taken on 08 Aug 2015
at 10:58 Image of day on 11 Oct 2015
A Southern Hawker Dragonfly has at last made an appearance - as
usual over the main pond. At 7 fps we caught this moment as this
male was rising almost vertically.
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Image Taken on 15 Aug 2014
at 14:05 Image of day on 26 Oct 2014
Out in the sunshine this Southern Hawker seemed at the time to be
making a sharp turn in flight as appears here. But we were
surprised when building this montage that all 3 images overlaid
one another when aligned against the background. So it was in
fact turning in a hover - probably against the North-West breeze
that has been dominating the last few days. So we considered 3
separated frames but decided to show you what we
thought we saw!
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Ref: 20141026_df2_20140815_1405_137-139 southern hawker dragonfly male turning in flight 1-3 of 4 (impression montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Sep 2010
at 11:17 Image of day on 27 Oct 2010
Despite the poor weather the brief periods of sunshine brought out a few
dragonflies. They are getting a bit tatty now following encounters
with blackberry thorns etc., but worth a few outdoor images on-the-wing.
It is really only possible when they hover for a moment - here two
frames about 150mS apart as he drifted forward a little.
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Ref: 20101027_dc1_20100901_1117_013+014 southern hawker dragonfly mature male hovering 1+2 of 2 (horizontally accurate montage @7fps)(r+mb id@891).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Nov 2018
at 06:57 Image of day on 08 Jan 2019
Next morning (camera back to 'normal') sees this Sparrowhawk make a botched
landing before circling round for another go (too quick for the camera to catch)
before spending a few minutes gazing straight at the bathroom where the
light being turned on may have made the bird think it was light enough to hunt.
Looking out of the window with house light off showed our eyes no detail at all.
The bird has already missed the landing when the flash first fires.
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Ref: 20190108_d01_20181123_0657_033+034+0700_037_fb6 sparrowhawk female 6 min visit to meadow post missing landing 1-3 of 3 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 May 2008
at 10:20 Image of day on 14 May 2008
This week the Sparrowhawk has replaced the male Kestrel as flyby
tease of the week. Have always loved the mad yellow eye.
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Image Taken on 26 Mar 2008
at 12:15 Image of day on 14 Apr 2008
We believe this is a female sparrowhawk - normally viewed here as a
'woooosh - what was that' experience as a small bird exits existence :-(
On a not very fine day a surprisingly good thermal raised this circling
bird from just about photographable distance to a speck in the blue
in a couple of minutes with barely a wing flap.
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Ref: 20080414_da1_20080326_1215_020 sparrowhawk female in flight(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Jul 2019
at 17:36 Image of day on 31 Aug 2019
This female Sparrowhawk flies right to left with a medium sized bird in
her Talons and some of it's downy feathers stuck to the bottom of her beak. She
turns in the air and flies back a bit further away where we got a better view of
the prey - colour and size suggest a female Blackbird.
The 3 images are rescaled and exposure normalised to make a decent triplet.
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Ref: 20190831_df3_20190711_1736_169+180+204 sparrowhawk female in flight carrying bird prey in talons 1+3+6 of 6 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Oct 2010
at 15:49 Image of day on 10 Dec 2010
An unexpectedly extended and impressive showing by the sparrowhawk circling
overhead for a few moments.
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Image Taken on 31 Aug 2018
at 16:07 Image of day on 21 Oct 2018
A week later this Sparrowhawk flashed by overhead.
This bird has suddenly become very active in and around our patch, with several
piles of plucked feathers in plain view, and new such heaps appearing on most days.
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Ref: 20181021_df3_20180831_1607_112 sparrowhawk in flight(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Aug 2015
at 16:14 Image of day on 26 Oct 2015
A single frame of the Sparrowhawk as it winged overhead
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Image Taken on 02 Mar 2010
at 10:52 Image of day on 06 Apr 2010
The sparrowhawk passed over the house with the camera
for once pointed in the right general direction so
we caught this overhead view.
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Ref: 20100406_df1_20100302_1052_040 sparrowhawk in flight (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Oct 2009
at 12:36 Image of day on 19 Nov 2009
Sparrowhawks are generally seen flying at high speed in purposeful
fashion, as here, but for once right by us, giving a chance
at a portrait.
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Ref: 20091119_db1_20091016_1236_489 sparrowhawk in flight (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Nov 2008
at 09:50 Image of day on 23 Nov 2008
Its unusual to be able to photograph a flying sparrowhawk against
anything but sky, so here is an different perspective against
a poplar tree.
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Ref: 20081123_dc1_20081109_0950_045 sparrowhawk in flight (web crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 29 Oct 2006
at 12:57 Image of day on 05 Nov 2006
While photographing some hedge plants Marie spotted this
sparrowhawk (probably the pigeon predator) as it momentarily
circled a few times overhead.
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Ref: 20061105_p34_20061029_1257_747 sparrowhawk in flight(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 24 Sep 2014
at 10:50 Image of day on 05 Dec 2014
Later in the morning possibly the same Sparrowhawk flew past us
and then back, no doubt eyes peeled for an unsuspecting victim for
his 'elevenses' (it was 10:50 a.m.).
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Ref: 20141205_df2_20140924_1050_170+173+176+179 sparrowhawk in flight (selected) 1+3+5+7 of 8 (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Apr 2017
at 15:34 Image of day on 29 May 2017
We haven't seen a Sparrowhawk well for months, but here it made a two-way flyby.
Sparrowhawks fly very fast, and having no reference to space the image
accurately, we have just tried for an interesting arrangements.
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Ref: 20170529_df3_20170406_1534_122+124+125 sparrowhawk in flight 1+3+4 of 5 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Apr 2017
at 15:35 Image of day on 29 May 2017
We haven't seen a Sparrowhawk well for months, but here it made a two-way flyby.
Sparrowhawks fly very fast, and having no reference to space the image
accurately, we have just tried for an interesting arrangements.
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Ref: 20170529_df3_20170406_1535_162+164-166 sparrowhawk in flight 1+3-5 of 6 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Aug 2015
at 16:14 Image of day on 26 Oct 2015
The Sparrowhawk flying into the a diagonal wind from the bird's front right.
Based on the clouds this is an accurate montage.
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Ref: 20151026_df3_20150827_1614_338-344 sparrowhawk in flight 1-7 of 7 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jun 2010
at 09:38 Image of day on 28 Jul 2010
An unusually visible flyby of this orange-yellow eyed
Sparrowhawk gave a chance for a few shots. The spacing etc of
these is arbitrary - we have no positional reference in the bland
sky. Since we took these we have glimpsed it twice in the next
few days trying to grab birds near the house - the more normal
whizz - what was that - gone.
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Ref: 20100728_df1_20100613_0938_013-015 sparrowhawk in flight 3-5 of 8 (arbitrary montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 31 Aug 2014
at 16:24 Image of day on 10 Nov 2014
Sparrowhawk sightings are usually brief affairs as they speed
from one hunting area to another, catching their prey by
surprise. They fly fast - this is about a third of a second of
flight and the correct spacing between the bird images should be
about 3 times body length. Sparrowhawk always show what we call
the 'mad yellow eye'.
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Ref: 20141110_df2_20140831_1624_693-695 sparrowhawk in flight @ 7fps 1-3 of 8 (half-width montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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