Red kite and crow, K100D and FA*300 4.5

[Walt_A]

You might have thought life at the top is hassle free... not if our local crows have anything to do with it....









as you might be able to see the kite had some food in it's talons so I guess the crows could have been trying to get the kite to drop it, or perhaps the kite had stolen it from them in the first place...



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[solarider]

No free lunch in the nature kingdom, at least not without a fight.

Nice work

Nic
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[familyogre]

Fantastic photos.

Crows the world over seem to mob just about any bird of prey in range, no matter what the size.

 

[Greyser]

Amazing sequence!

 

[johnny_rico]

Great shots!

 

[Col K10d]

Fascinating series, (its great that the numbers of Kites are such that you can get images now without wing tags) ... have you tried #1 upside down? I think it reads better.
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[Walt_A]

No free lunch in the nature kingdom, at least not without a fight.

I know a couple of days ago a magpie was eating something on a roof and a kite swept down and stole it, unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me.

Nice work

Thanks

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[Walt_A]

Fantastic photos.

Thanks.

Crows the world over seem to mob just about any bird of prey in range, no matter what the size.

Yep, they do seem to have a lot of bottle....

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[Walt_A]

Thanks
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[Walt_A]

Thanks
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[Walt_A]

Fascinating series, (its great that the numbers of Kites are such that you can get images now without wing tags) ... have you tried #1 upside down? I think it reads better.

Thanks. I know around the original Chiltern release site at Aston Rowant there are so many, I think I counted 42 in one view in a winter roost... I'll have a go at spinning the first one around.

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