From close quarters, a female Sparrowhawk was observed feeding on a Great Tit Parus major on 30 April 2011. When almost the entire prey was consumed, she took a leg with still some flesh attached to a nearby Norway spruce Picea abies, where she hid the prey remain between dense twigs at the end of a branch, using her feet and bill to cover up.
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| Organisation | Werkgroep Roofvogels Nederland |
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Helen Goote. (2011). Bijzonder sperwergedrag. De Takkeling, 19(3), 213–214. |
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