https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/sparrowhawk/ Recent content in Sparrowhawk on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2021 13:16:59 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-01-03-balcony-birds-no-6-this/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 13:16:59 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-01-03-balcony-birds-no-6-this/ <p>Balcony Birds No. 6. This one was exciting. We&rsquo;re almost positive this is a juvenile Rufous-Breasted Sparrowhawk. It makes sense that it would be coming around here trying to murder our sparrows. These kinds of hawks are built for manoeuvrability - they can zip between the branches at speed to surprise perching birds.</p> <p>Aparna spotted this through the window and I was lucky enough to grab some hand-held, unstabilised pics - and got a few decently sharp ones. Lightroom could only partially compensate for the heavy purple fringing due to the older teleconverter dealing with the intense contrast against the sky.</p>