Feathered Fury

The local crows share some nearby trees with the local wood pigeons. Usually they rub along ok together, but every now and then one of the crows picks a fight, diving into the tree to drive out the pigeons. I happened to be facing in the right direction when trouble erupted this afternoon.

The pigeon is no chicken

Aerial stand-off

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  1. Flying Red Fox Blog

    3 Jun 2007

    Wow very good catch!:D I wonder who won lol;)

  2. gdare

    3 Jun 2007

    Excellent, I`ve never seen anything like this…

  3. KayFour

    3 Jun 2007

    Fabulous photos! Those could win a prize!

  4. chthoniid

    3 Jun 2007

    Brilliant! These are fantastic shots!

  5. Words

    4 Jun 2007

    Thanks! I see them do this fairly regularly but the spats appear from nowhere. No winners. It's the crow that starts it, but within a minute or so (quick overhead circuit of the gardens) there all back in place as though nothing has happened.

  6. Words

    5 Jun 2007

    I was using the EF 70-300 DO IS USM lens. I was maybe 60 feet away (max) I would think. Difficult to judge distances but they were just beyond the end of our garden and I was in the middle somewhere.

  7. chthoniid

    5 Jun 2007

    Can I ask a geeky-question? What lens were you using? You've certainly given us something to aspire to 🙂

    I'm wondering how close to the action you were…

  8. chthoniid

    5 Jun 2007

    So at most, maybe 20m. Optimal background with the blue-sky behind the action, and a good USM lens.

    Bet you were glad you had a DSLR at this point and not a compact 🙂

  9. musickna

    6 Jun 2007

    Stunning set of photos! 🙂 What was your shutter speed?

  10. Words

    6 Jun 2007

    Thanks! Shutter speed 1/1600 f/9, ISO 400

  11. anonymous

    15 Jun 2007

    djekki writes:

    Whooa! Battle of Britain reenactment in your back garden! 😉

  12. Words

    16 Jun 2007

    Absolutely… the pigeons always remind me of Spitfires!

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