The sparrows love the sunflower seeds in the tepee, the seeds and grains we put out on the bird table and the peanuts in another feeder. They have lived in our garden for years, but it is only now that the sparrowhawk seems to have discovered them.
A sparrowhawk isn’t called sparrowhawk for nothing. It doesn’t care for sunflower seeds or grains. And peanuts? Blech! Their favourite food is… sparrow!
As soon as the sparrowhawk flies over the garden, the sparrows and other garden birds are gone. They hide in the beech hedge or in the evergreen shrub in front of the living room window. The garden seems deserted.
For the sparrowhawk, it takes a while to sink in. Where are they? Normally there are lots of sparrows on this bird feeder:
Hello,
Just wanted to tell you that I enjoy your posts very much, great Pictures, too!
Thank you very much.
Can’t wait to see what you made out of the colourful wool.
Best wishes!
Thank you and welcome! I hope to write about the wool soon.
Lucky you! He was certainly cooperative. By the time I get my camera out, the birds are gone. They seem to sense I am too eager!
Well, it was a one-off here, too. I think it was because as a young and inexperienced bird he was still a little incautious around humans.
Wat een prachtige foto’s!
Spannend in je tuin!
Ja, hè? Ademloos staan kijken.
Lovely post!
I had no idea that sparrowhawk and witch hazel are directly translatable between Swedish and English. Sparvhök och trollhassel. Well, almost. Witch is häxa in Swedish.
Ah, that’s interesting! The link between sparrow/sparv and this hawk is clear. But I wonder why witch/troll for the hazel?