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…
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
wellisteffi
1 Jun 2011WOW!Excellent picture. :up:
Dudley
1 Jun 2011Awesome!
Mickeyjoe-Irl
1 Jun 2011It's fine if you don't mind spiders. :yuck:
Words
1 Jun 2011Steffi, thanks!
Words
1 Jun 2011Erwin, thanks!
Mickeyjoe-Irl
1 Jun 2011I can't decide if that's better or worse.
Words
1 Jun 2011Mick, I suspect the spider was the first course :bug:
Words
1 Jun 2011Andy, thanks! It was a good start to the day.
gdare
1 Jun 2011Sparrows are smart 😎
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1 Jun 2011Darko, very true. It shows great initiative!
SittingFox
4 Jun 2011Hunters, hunters, hunters and hunted. It's a miniature Serengeti out there!
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Beautiful Shots