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Uploaded: 11/30/15 8:26 PM GMT
Sparrow Hawk
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Captured this wonderful bird of pray yesterday on my garden hedge with it's pray a blackbird mostly eaten.It did not move as i took the shot about 5 meters away only when i got closer at 3meters and lifted my camera did it take off with out a care. It was so windy and the rain was pouring down.

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::corngrowth
11/30/15 8:31 PM GMT
Once in a lifetime shot, Roger. Perfectly done, my friend!
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.susanlynn
11/30/15 8:52 PM GMT
Great image with beautiful colors, Roger.
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Life is a Constant Audition
::tigger3
11/30/15 9:29 PM GMT
Perfectly timed, and such good focus, you did a super job on this one Roger. You don't get such photo opts very often. tigs=^..^=
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.0930_23
11/30/15 10:09 PM GMT
Don't disturb anyone when they are "eating crow," Roger.
You took full advantage of this photo op.

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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::Dunstickin
12/01/15 8:00 AM GMT
What a great opportunity...sitting in your home snapping way at this beauty....

I'm Jealous!...lol
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::mirto56
12/01/15 11:41 AM GMT
He looks great with the colorful surroundings. A fine capture, Roger.
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Smile, without a reason why. Love, as if you were a child, Smile, no matter what they tell you Don't listen to a word they say Cause life is beautiful that way. (From the film "Life Is Beautiful")
.GomekFlorida
12/01/15 2:34 PM GMT
An awesome shot of this raptor! He has a deadly serious look in his eyes.
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Long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the dark green forests were too silent to be real. Lightfoot 1967
.icedancer
12/02/15 12:54 AM GMT
Whoa, boy are you lucky to have spotted this gorgeous bird of prey. Marvelous capture and colours - looks like he has his eyes on something.
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.sunny184
05/12/16 7:44 PM GMT
I have one of these hawks living on my property. He's very good at catching snakes.
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