Then we discovered they were being devoured by a beautiful sparrow hawk.

That's the sparrow hawk's cry, but it's a blue jay that made it.

De Rançun came back with the sparrow hawk, still hooded, on his gloved fist.

Most likely caught and then dropped by a sparrow hawk or loggerhead shrike, thought Raff.

Like all hawks, the sparrow hawk is capable of bursts of high speed in flight.