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Brian G
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Tim Hall wrote:
>
> Last night cycling home down a country lane, something caught my eye.
> I glanced towards the verge to see a fast bird flying along at nought
> feet, hugging the ground profile. I was doing about 25km/h and it was
> going faster than me and then it whizzed over a hedge. Dead sure it
> was a bird of prey of some sort - either a kestrel or (hopefully) a
> sparrow hawk. It wasn't doing the kestrel hovering thing, but I guess
> they're not _always_ doing that. Do they do the flying along at nought
> feet thing?
>
They're fantastic fliers and can do almost anything in the flying way,
but your description reads much more sparrow-hawkish than kestrelish.
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Brian G
www.wetwo.co.uk
>
> Last night cycling home down a country lane, something caught my eye.
> I glanced towards the verge to see a fast bird flying along at nought
> feet, hugging the ground profile. I was doing about 25km/h and it was
> going faster than me and then it whizzed over a hedge. Dead sure it
> was a bird of prey of some sort - either a kestrel or (hopefully) a
> sparrow hawk. It wasn't doing the kestrel hovering thing, but I guess
> they're not _always_ doing that. Do they do the flying along at nought
> feet thing?
>
They're fantastic fliers and can do almost anything in the flying way,
but your description reads much more sparrow-hawkish than kestrelish.
--
Brian G
www.wetwo.co.uk