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Sunday, 15 August 2010

Hungry Sparrowhawk Postcard by Welshpixels

Hungry Sparrowhawk Postcard postcard
Hungry Sparrowhawk Postcard by Welshpixels
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This is a wild sparrowhawk. They use ambush as their method of hunting. It's a very fast, agile and nimble bird and is quite difficult to spot. I couldn't believe my luck when I came across this one, and I'm happy to say that he didn't finish his meal and the unfortunate bird did get away and survive. 

Saturday, 14 August 2010

Sparrowhawk and Prey by Welshpixels

Sparrowhawk and Prey card
Sparrowhawk and Prey by Welshpixels
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The sparrowhawk is a secretive and solitary hunter. It favours woodland where it hunts along the woodland edges and clearings. It is highly manoeverable. It usually takes small birds such as chaffinch, yellowhammer and great tit. This is a male and has just caught a moorhen. Quarry is eaten on the ground or on a stump, the hawk standing with both feet on its victim, drooping wings to form a tent and spreading its tail as if to give support. As seen here. I'm happy to say it survived.

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Heron Avery Binder by Welshpixels

The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions. It has become common in summer even inside the Arctic circle along the Norwegian coast. The largest European heron. It can stand with neck stretched out, looking for food, or hunch down with its neck bent over its chest. In flight it holds its neck retracted and has large rounded wings. It is usually solitary although several birds may feed fairly close together. It stalks its food, often standing motionless for some considerable time. It usually feeds close to the bank or shore, but may wade out into shallow water. A lovely close up of this grey heron as it moves from one feeding place to another. Just right for whatever the occasion

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Monday, 9 August 2010

Heron Avery Birdwatching Binder by Welshpixels

Heron Avery Binder binder
Heron Avery Binder by Welshpixels
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The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions. It has become common in summer even inside the Arctic circle along the Norwegian coast. The largest European heron. It can stand with neck stretched out, looking for food, or hunch down with its neck bent over its chest. In flight it holds its neck retracted and has large rounded wings. It is usually solitary although several birds may feed fairly close together. It stalks its food, often standing motionless for some considerable time. It usually feeds close to the bank or shore, but may wade out into shallow water. A lovely close up of this grey heron as it moves from one feeding place to another. Just right for whatever the occasion

$8.00 of the binder net sale price will be deducted when one or more binder items is purchased and the coupon code BTSRULEAVERY is applied at checkout. The net sale price is the price of the product (excluding shipping and taxes). Offer is valid from August 9, 2010 through August 15, 2010 at 11:59pm PT. This offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or volume discount offers. If a volume discount applies to your order, you will receive either the discount set forth in this offer or the standard volume discount, whichever is greater. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only.