tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395170534943503146.post2451957681561410734..comments2023-06-24T08:39:53.454-07:00Comments on Wild with Pants: Sparrowhawk or GoshawkSimon and Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668992816081385717noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395170534943503146.post-23837469644549294152012-04-29T00:54:06.895-07:002012-04-29T00:54:06.895-07:00Thanks everyone. My sister is currently working w...Thanks everyone. My sister is currently working with one of the country's leader sp/go hawk specialists and he too agrees that it is a female sphk! :-( Haaa well! Still a magnificent hawk and I for one am always pleased to see 'em. (Must admit she was a big girl this one!)Simon and Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668992816081385717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395170534943503146.post-67575211788536444472012-04-27T15:59:08.201-07:002012-04-27T15:59:08.201-07:00I also believe this to be a Sparrowhawk, after exa...I also believe this to be a Sparrowhawk, after examining the photo's and my trusty bird book, agree with last comment, also i would say that the prominent eyebrow resembles the Sparrowhawk more than the Goshawk.Craig Hurst Greennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395170534943503146.post-23068838542616821312012-04-01T16:11:54.872-07:002012-04-01T16:11:54.872-07:00Sorry
this is a sparrowhawk. No age of goshawk ha...Sorry<br /><br />this is a sparrowhawk. No age of goshawk has the barring on the flight feathers heavier than that on the underwing coverts and the 'hand' and 'arm' of the wing being about same size = sprwk too. Spwks fems can take birds much bigger than themselves woodpigeon being normal but even female pheasant has been recorded. Corvids would not usually chase off a goshawk but quite normally do so with sprwks. At this time of year sparrowhawks fluff out their ;pantaloons' exactly same as gos. feet are big on sprwks for size of bird - it's thickness of legs that count but that's relative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395170534943503146.post-66248120139812110652012-03-24T01:15:29.718-07:002012-03-24T01:15:29.718-07:00Thanks. That's so cool. I didn't think a...Thanks. That's so cool. I didn't think a fem Sphk would risk going in to a whole group (about 15) rooks. As it was this Goshawk was chased off and landed in the tree.<br />It eventually flew off and was soaring about over the hodder until it went out of view behind Inn.Simon and Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668992816081385717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395170534943503146.post-10477653237490556692012-03-23T14:02:15.137-07:002012-03-23T14:02:15.137-07:00def a goshawk. too broad for a sparrowhawk.def a goshawk. too broad for a sparrowhawk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com