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Several feathers of both adults were collected within 200 m of the nest, 
as well as a broken eggshell (which had been removed from the nest after 
hatching) and feathers of avian prey which had been plucked on the ground. 
We were able to identify and collect feathers of eight prey species: Feral 
Pigeon Columba livia (1), Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto (4), Turtle 
Dove Streptopelia turtur (3, including 2 fledglings), Blackbird Turdus 
merula (2), Hoopoe Upupa epops (1), Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus 
xanthopygos (1), House Sparrow Passer domesticus (2) and Jay Garrulus 
glandarius (2) . 
Following the finding of the nests, a further survey of the area 
(8/7/198^) revealed another site with two or three newly fledged 
Sparrowhawks at a distance of 1 km from the first nest. In addition, 
adult Sparrowhawks were seen during that summer by several birdwatchers in 
six other pine woods in the north and the centre of Israel, but no nests 
were found. 
It is still too early to say how common the Sparrowhawk' s nesting is in 
Israel's woodlands as only a few birdwatchers look for birds in this 
habitat during the summer. Pine forests have been planted in the 
Mediterranean zone ot Israel mainly during the last four decades, so it is 
