Oh for a piece of dove!

[Fangman]

. . . . or why no birds at my feeders

Taken today from about 60ft in the rain!

The sparrow hawk sat in the willow for about an hour - but all the usual visitors took heed of the blackbird's warning and nothing has dared to appear.

 

[CMfromIL]

Impressive. Unfortunate that it's not in focus and suffering from some blur as well.