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Collared SparrowhawkAlternate name(s): "(Australian) Sparrowhawk", "Chicken-hawk*"  Aboriginal name(s): Race
"cirrhocephalus":
"galanbany"/"garahbany", "milgin" [bundjalung];
"weRayn-weRayn" [eastern djadjawurrung];
"djilildjili", "minmin", "koordop" (WA);
"bilbil"Size: 30-40 cm; wing span 55-80 cm Weight: 100-155 g (male), 160-300 g (female) |
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The photos below show a male Collared Sparrowhawk taking a bath in an ornamental pond in a rural garden without any fear of the observing human who actually moved around the pond to achieve a more favourable viewing angle.
Male Collared Sparrowhawk sitting on the edge of an ornamental pond
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk entering the "bath tub"
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk entering the "bath tub"
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk walking down the concrete slope,
deeper into the water
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk taking an extensive bath
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk taking an extensive bath
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk taking an extensive bath
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
While taking its extensive bath, the male Collared Sparrowhawk
moved out of protecting shadow, into bright sunlight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk taking an extensive bath, now in
bright sunlight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Male Collared Sparrowhawk taking an extensive bath, now in
bright sunlight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
When done in the bath, the male Collared Sparrowhawk did NOT
fly away into one of several nearby trees, but landed straight
in front of the photographer
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
Frontal portrait of a still half-wet male Collared Sparrowhawk
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2018]
