The “Eat All You Want” restaurant for sparrows…

By Paul Cecil | Published May 31, 2011

I've taken plenty of photos recently of birds swooping and swirling in the pursuit of insects. Today I present a slightly different approach. The lazy bird's guide to insect catching. The trick is to let someone else do all the work. :bug:

Here's the star of the show, a sparrow.

And here's how he did it.

That certainly expends rather less energy than doing this…

And it avoids running foul of rather more lethal species such as this…


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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12 Comments

  1. wellisteffi June 1, 2011 at 4:06 am #

    WOW!Excellent picture. :up:

  2. Dudley June 1, 2011 at 2:06 pm #

    Awesome!

  3. Mickeyjoe-Irl June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    It's fine if you don't mind spiders. :yuck:

  4. Words June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Steffi, thanks!

  5. Words June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Erwin, thanks!

  6. Mickeyjoe-Irl June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    I can't decide if that's better or worse.

  7. Words June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Mick, I suspect the spider was the first course :bug:

  8. Words June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Andy, thanks! It was a good start to the day.

  9. gdare June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Sparrows are smart 😎

  10. Words June 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Darko, very true. It shows great initiative!

  11. SittingFox June 4, 2011 at 9:06 am #

    Hunters, hunters, hunters and hunted. It's a miniature Serengeti out there!

  12. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Beautiful Shots