33CMS.A FAIRLY DISTINCTIVE SMALL RAPTOR WITH POINTED WINGS. COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR A HARRIER ,BUT NOTE THE BLACK SHOULDER.COMMONLY HOVERS WHEN SEARCHING FOR PREY ,A HABIT NOT USUALLY SHARED BY THE HARRIERS WHICH ARE MUCH LARGER,SLIMMER AND LONGER-WINGED.GENERALLY SEEN IN DRIER OPEN COUNTRY OF THE LOWLANDS,IN URBAN AREAS FOUND ON THE EDGE OF THE TOWNS OR WASTE LANDS,PREFER OPEN AREAS WITH SCATTERED CLUMPS OF TREES,INCLUDING TREE LINED WATERCOURSES.ADULTS ARE A VERY PALE GREY WITH A WHITE HEAD AND WHITE UNDERPARTS.THE LEADING EDGE OF THE INNER WING IS BLACK.WHEN PERCHED, THIS GIVES THEM THEIR PROMINENT BLACK ‘SHOULDERS’.THEY HAVE RED EYES, WITH BLACK COMMA THAT EXTENDS BEHIND THE EYES.THEY HAVE A SQUARED TAIL AND A STREAMLINED AERODYNAMIC BODY. BILL IS SHORT WITH A SHARP HOOKED TIP TO THE UPPER MANDIBLE.BILL IS BLACK AND NOSTRILS , SKIN AT BASE OF BILL ARE BRIGHT YELLOW.LIVE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON MICE,ON AVAILABILITY THEY CAN TAKE GRASSHOPPERS, RATS,SMALL REPTILES,BIRDS AND EVEN VERY RARELY RABBITS.