Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk with its prey

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2013 at 00:07:43 (UTC)

Original – Sparrowhawk capturing Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

Reason

Good quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Pierre Dalous

ALT Cropped version - Sparrowhawk capturing Starling

• Support as nominator --BNK(talk) 00:07, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

• Support ALT as nominator --Nikhil(talk) 16:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

• Comment I wonder if this might benefit from tighter cropping. I'm not sure the large expanse of green background adds much. 86.176.210.160 (talk) 01:54, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
• Reluctant oppose - Background... ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 03:40, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

• If it matters, though, I'd have probably voted for the alt, had I got to it in time. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:27, 15 July 2013 (UTC)