After the break of a few days I was going to spend some time catching up, but today provided a particularly nice buzzard sequence. The sighting came as I was heading back to work after lunch across the playing fields at work. The buzzard came in reasonably low from behind me. A herring gull was in close attendance as you’ll see in the final photo.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
derwandersmann
25 Jun 2014Nice shots, Words … buzzards are very elegant in the air. And the gull … well, I’ve seen behavior like this before, in the period when the young are most vulnerable. I dare say that if the buzzard had offered to stoop, there would have been a few extra feathers in the air.
Words
26 Jun 2014dW, the buzzards put up with gulls and crows chasing them day in, day out. They always seem resigned to it but I guess they know they could win if it became serious.
Darko
26 Jun 2014Nice shots! And you can tell that gull was not happy at all 😀
Few days ago I’ve seen two robins chasing a crow away from the bush where I think their nest was. Crow gave up immediately. Amazing how brave smaller birds can be in order to protect their chicks 😀
Words
26 Jun 2014Darko, yes small birds can be very aggressive. I love the way wrens (even smaller than robins) stand their ground and protect their territory.