Sparrowhawk

Definition

sparrowhawk /'spærǝƱhↄ:k/ n ငွက္ငယ္မ်ားကို ဖမ္း၍စားေလ့ ရိွေသာ သိမ္းအငယ္စား။ သိမ္းၾကက္မ။

Examples

1. ‘We frequently come across tired
2. distressed birds while walking and cycling in isolated areas but the sparrowhawks seem to get the blame for any non-returning bird to the loft.’
3. ‘No doubt the element of surprise plays a large part in their capture of prey
4. but sparrowhawks are capable of performing remarkable pursuits and captures of such fast-flying birds as the redshank.’
5. ‘Mr Reardon
6. a member of the Scottish Pigeon Racing Union
7. said members were calling for a cull of all falcons
8. including the sparrowhawk
9. because they were attacking pigeons and other song birds.’
10. ‘So why cannot hen harriers
11. sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings
12. curlews
13. golden plovers and
14. yes
15. pheasants and grouse?’
16. ‘Today
17. dozens of different birds stop by
18. from goldfinches
19. tits and sparrowhawks to ducks
20. doves and pheasants.’
21. ‘A sparrowhawk was calmly finishing off a blackbird six feet from my head.’
22. ‘Birds of prey also suffered
23. with many sparrowhawks and kestrels too badly injured to survive
24. though many owls were successfully treated and released.’
25. ‘The sparrowhawk is a serious threat to adult pied flycatchers and is the only common bird of prey in our study area.’
26. ‘The windhover is related to the American sparrowhawk.’
27. ‘It is closely related to the American sparrowhawk
28. which it resembles in size.’