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Raptor I.D

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Posted by Bob Cox on March 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Raptor I.D
Can anyone give me an ID on this; I’ve looked through the book and am still none the wiser. I took the shot last year, I was waiting for a B/O to arrive when this flew fast and low strait at me then turned hard left. This is all I got, no full tail or wing tip, as it flew at me it seemed to me to be mainly brown.

20D ,600/f4, 100 at 5.6, ISO-400

Bob.
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 27, 2010 at 4:29 PM

Hi Bob,

Its a Sparrowhawk, a young bird by the looks of it, well caught!

Cheers,

Lewis.
:toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on March 27, 2010 at 4:34 PM
Hi Lewis , I did wonder about that but it seemed rather small , it was taken late September if that is any help.

Bob.
Posted by Andy Gregory on March 27, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Superb close encounter :toast:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on March 28, 2010 at 5:31 AM
I second Lewis's ID. You must have superb reflexes to have got that!

C.