Cute or not? Baby sparrowhawks

Photo by Tanja Askani

Golfer charged in hawk killing

PGA golfer Tripp Isenhour was charged with cruelty to animals for allegedly killing a protected migratory hawk on purpose - with a deadly accurate drive.

Isenhour allegedly teed off at the bird as it shrieked while circling over an Orlando course just as the golfer was trying to tape a segment for a television program.

Isenhour was charged in Orlando on Wednesday with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird, misdemeanors that carry a maximum penalty of 14 months in jail and $1,500 in fines.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Fight to the death

This is the moment a sparrow hawk swoops on a starling before flying away with its prey gripped in its talons - captured by an amateur photographer in his back garden.


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Source: Daily Mail