The Unofficial Official Photography Thread...

[MattiThundrrr]

Very cool, I love birds of prey. We have a Merlin which frequents out yard too. One winter day I had some explaining to do, as the lads woke to find it cleaning it's breakfast on the fresh snow in the yard. Blood and feathers being scattered across fresh white powder was quite the show

 

[ibbz]

The regular visitor that culls a few occasionally
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Fantastic shot
And what a creature
Is it a sparrow hawk?
A Merlin?

 

[mdvineng]

Fantastic shot
And what a creature
Is it a sparrow hawk?
A Merlin?

Sparrowhawk. It took a Blackbird that day, holding it underwater for a while before taking it to the corner to eat.

 

[mdvineng]

It was in the pond for long enough for me to get my phone out to video it, as I was about to enter the greenhouse. It wasn't bothered with my presence one bit. Snapshots from a 30second video.

 

[ibbz]

Sparrowhawk. It took a Blackbird that day, holding it underwater for a while before taking it to the corner to eat.

Man, he knew how to kill!! I had no idea they drown birds.

 

[mdvineng]

Man, he knew how to kill!! I had no idea they drown birds.

Possibly a lucky happenstance but not for the Blackbird

 

[ibbz]

Possibly a lucky happenstance but not for the Blackbird

I know. But there’s a lot of intelligence there

 

[mdvineng]

I know. But there’s a lot of intelligence there

Well, I walked from the house to the greenhouse without noticing anything, until I opened the greenhouse door. That made the Sparrowhawk move and that's when I noticed it. It kept the blackbird underwater for another 30 seconds after that, so at least a 50 second dunking. So I'm more inclined to go with deliberate action, as soaking your own feathers isn't a good thing.

 

[rigidftw]

Two snaps taken, seconds apart. Toad would have modeled for hours though
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I think this might be a toad as well. It wasn‘t as patient though.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

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