sparrowhawk
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If, for example, there are many sparrowhawk-like cuckoos or many sparrowhawks, the host birds learn over time to distinguish whether the bird in front of them is a sparrowhawk or a cuckoo.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
“We found a similar relationship where we had black sparrowhawk nestlings in the more urbanized part of Cape Town actually having what we considered a more intense immune response,” says Nwaogu.
From National Geographic • Feb. 15, 2024
A study completed in 2004 by Mark Watson showed that the impact of sparrowhawk predation on grey partridges was at its greatest when the game bird population had already been reduced to low levels.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2012
Wednesday April 27 2011 05:50 GMT Sparrowhawk survives window smash in Scotland A sparrowhawk that smashed through a window is back in the wild after being nursed back to health.
From Children's BBC • Apr. 27, 2011
Point was, though, this sparrowhawk said she’d been told that the sparrows once stole an object of great value to our Abbey.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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