buzzard

Got two buses to the park yesterday, just setting me rig up and it started to drizzle, but decided to stay and hope it cleared up. It stopped raining, but remained overcast for the whole two hours I was there, before tipping down and I got well soaked. Not many birds about, haven't even bothered...

I am having a good Run with these Roadside Encounters from the Birds never sitting long enough for a shot to getting a shot most times I go looking, long may it continue.

Didn't know what to do with this picture,dull setting and washed out BG,so i cropped it and cropped it until the only thing left was the bird more or less. A huge crop indeed. ;);

Well Peeps, Not a lot to report here, still not managed to get out in the field this year. Its bucketing down again here, and dark as it has been for some days now. Hopefully we are on the mend, but Im really getting cabin fever being shut indoors. I have to go out in it...

Last in series for now, I had a great 30 minutes watching the antics of the Crows and the frustration of the Buzzard trying to protect his Meal. This was the only time I saw the Crow managing to get a Morsel, Well done Buzzard!

After pulling the Buzzards Wing then Tail it started grabbing anything it could get hold off.

This Buzzard showing remarkable restraint under immense pressure.

The Buzzard held his ground during this attack, Given the Hard weather we have had it was not going to let go of its Meal without a Struggle

Another damp, dark day here in Hastings, so it looks like I'm shut in again today. Three more from Gigrin 2009 for y'all today.

Trying another approach to shift the Buzzard a attack from the back they were two very persistent Crows but they had met there match in a very stubborn Buzzard

Another of the Crows Mobbing the Buzzard for Food, The photo explains everything

I came across this Buzzard having Lunch and being mobbed by two Crows one proceed to pull the Buzzards Tail while the other dived in for a Morsel

One that sat for over a minute before it realised it was being photographed

1/400 F5.6 ISO- 800 Focal- 400 Meter Mode- Pattern Handheld

Three more from our Wales visit in June/July 2009. Shame about the unwanted corvid in this shot, but I liked the proud pose of this Buzzard.

Buzzard on a sunny winters' afternoon