[QUOTE 3423510, member: 9609"]I have never managed to get a picture of our sparrowhawk, but have seen him taking small birds, comes low over the fence at great speed and will take a small bird in the blink of an eye. It's part of what its all about and I don't condemn him, its what he does and amazing to see.[/QUOTE]
One of my favourite sights ever, they float motionless then swoop down munchy mouse lovely tasty crunchy snack.
What I reckon is if there was a terminal life event and humans were wiped out by a plague the raptors would do very well indeed, they and wolves would take over, all domestic animals first.