This Sparrowhawk, in our Garden

Nikon D7000, 18-200mm lens, iso 400
A Sparrow-hawk in our garden
Photography by : Nigel borrington

One Saturday afternoon last summer I arrived back from a morning visit to a local wildlife reserve, I had got some good images mostly of a fox sitting in a field just outside the woods.

I sat down in our garden with a cup of tea and started looking at my fox friend on the back of the camera, Right in front of my view landed this young and fantastic looking Sparrowhawk. As he was so close to the table I wondered if even to lift the camera would make him fly off but I had to do something, so I slowly put the camera to my eye and just for a moment he did move his head but I took about five shots and stopped just to check that the noise of the camera had not made him fly off.

In the end he stayed on the fence for about four minutes looking around the garden and letting me get some more images, we have bird feeders and I think he knew exactly what he was looking for. Sometime they very thing your looking for is under your nose!

The following web page is a great little description on the Sparrowhawk in Ireland.

July 4, 2013 | Categories: Comment, Gallery, Nature and Wildlife | Tags: irish nature and wildlife, Irish photography, irish wildlife, Nigel Borrington, Nikon D7000, Sparrowhawk, Wildlife photography | 11 Comments