What the stork bringeth.

...he can also take back.

I had not realized storks would predate other birds species and their chicks. On arrival at the hide in the Marquenterre bird reserve in France I was almost ready to move on, just more damn gulls but I decided to have a drink. Suddenly the gulls went wild and I figured a sparrow hawk had flown over? Then I watched astounded as the stork picked off half a dozen live chicks from the vegetation.

Shooting him was hard, the holes in the hides are made for binoculars not 500mm lenses, so it is all hand held through a small hole :| at 700mm (on the 7D!) so quality suffered and I noticed a lack of contrast. Damn birdwatchers hides.