Death in suburbia

[Roaring 40s]

My backyard sees a dreary range of mostly introduced birds. Until this ... a Brown Goshawk was on the grass stripping the feathers from a dove. The female Blackbird who regards it as her territory swooped it until it flew up into a gum with its prey. There it continued the stripping and the harassment continued until it got sick of it and decamped.
The Goshawk was small for a near-adult, only about the size of a pigeon.

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[Callie]

Lucky you Ern! Have seen it fly out of reach, but no nice images at all. Love these!

 

[Icarus]

Small size would indicate a male, I assume. It's a gorgeous bird and excellent captures!!

 

[Roaring 40s]

Thanks Icarus.
Yes; it has some Collared Sparrowhawk characteristics, size for one, and one member of Facebook's ABID argues that's what it is.

 

[Ralph]

My backyard sees a dreary range of mostly introduced birds. Until this ... a Brown Goshawk was on the grass stripping the feathers from a dove. The female Blackbird who regards it as her territory swooped it until it flew up into a gum with its prey. There it continued the stripping and the harassment continued until it got sick of it and decamped.
The Goshawk was small for a near-adult, only about the size of a pigeon.

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Gorgeous bird. Razor sharp images. Great exposure!

 

[Irap]

My backyard sees a dreary range of mostly introduced birds. Until this ... a Brown Goshawk was on the grass stripping the feathers from a dove. The female Blackbird who regards it as her territory swooped it until it flew up into a gum with its prey. There it continued the stripping and the harassment continued until it got sick of it and decamped.
The Goshawk was small for a near-adult, only about the size of a pigeon.

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Great series Ziggy

 

[jijir]

My backyard sees a dreary range of mostly introduced birds. Until this ... a Brown Goshawk was on the grass stripping the feathers from a dove. The female Blackbird who regards it as her territory swooped it until it flew up into a gum with its prey. There it continued the stripping and the harassment continued until it got sick of it and decamped.
The Goshawk was small for a near-adult, only about the size of a pigeon.

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Very nice shots, lucky man!

 

[Gottshotz]

What a wonderful opportunity, and well done for capturing it in such detail .