Sparrowhawks

He comes to see the curlews and dunlin, the Brent geese and sparrowhawks, "no longer . . . as representatives of their species" but as individual beings, with homes, ages and "histories." ❋ Toby Lichtig (2011)

Buzzards, peregrines and sparrowhawks had been poisoned and persecuted, ospreys were confined to the wilds of Scotland, and hobbies were one of our scarcest breeding birds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Unfortunately cars don't work like sparrowhawks, and as they have only been around for, what, 100 years at most, evolution hasn't had a chance to catch up yet. ❋ Carla (2009)

First is -baby season, " which actually extends from late February through to July, beginning with Great Horned Owl babies and ending when the second round of American Kestrels (sparrowhawks, or 'spawks" as falconers affectionately call them) begins to push their siblings out of nests. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1999)

Smaller bells were used on tiercels - smaller ones yet on kestrels, merlins and sparrowhawks. ❋ Lambert, Willa (1982)

Then his father presented him with falcons and sparrowhawks for hunting, and arms and robes. ❋ Maude L. Radford (N/A)

Besides, all attempts at differentiating an ape-unit into anything else than an ape-unit would be as impossible as to multiply or divide cabbages by turnips, or sparrows by sparrowhawks. ❋ R. W. Wright (N/A)

The very tall figures -- draped in a peculiar manner -- with beaks, I had taken from the illustrations of Philippson's bible; I believe they represented deities with heads of sparrowhawks from an Egyptian tomb relief. ❋ Sigmund Freud (1897)

When I find a dead starling on the downs ranged over by sparrowhawks, it is almost always a young bird -- a "brown thrush" as it used to be called by the old naturalists. ❋ Unknown (1881)

Nevertheless kestrels are common, and sparrowhawks, if not quite so numerous, are in no degree uncommon. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

Never mind, the scientists say that sparrowhawks make no impact on our bird populations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Green woodpeckers seem to be as active and as noisy as ever, and judging by the feathers at the bottom of the garden, sparrowhawks appear to have survived the cold too well, killing redwings as they fed on fallen apples. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even birds of prey are thriving on managed land with more than 80 per cent of respondents reporting kestrels, buzzards, sparrowhawks, barn and tawny owls on their land. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In woodlands, specialists including willow tits, tree pipits, spotted flycatchers and the lesser spotted woodpecker have seen numbers decline by more than 70 per cent, while others such as blackcaps, green woodpeckers and sparrowhawks have doubled their populations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The move could pave the way for birds of prey, including buzzards and sparrowhawks, to be culled in the same way. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A trustee of the charity Songbird Survival, Robert Middleditch is concerned that the return of sea eagles - alongside flourishing populations of sparrowhawks, buzzards and marsh harriers - will decimate declining populations of farmland birds. ❋ [email protected] (Guardian: Patrick Bar (2010)

"So th-" "Please, [save yourself] before you Sparrowhawk, as you regullarly do, before I take that [stapler], which should surely [save you] if you proceed." ❋ Don't SH Me. (2005)

[Sparrowhawk]: [I am the] old! Sparrowhawk (same day, [same time] of day): don't be the old! Sparrowhawk ([sparrowhawk]): it's a nice roll! ❋ Fuck Headson (2019)