2 Buzzards fighting over a dead golden plover

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Posted by Alan Bryant on February 6, 2008 at 4:09 PM

2 Buzzards fighting over a dead golden plover

Last week i was lucky enough to see a Buzzard chase off two crows that were pecking at a dead Golden Plover.Then fly off with it to the field that was to my right(as seen in the other images i posted).

As he was pulling out the feathers, another Buzzard flew in to see if he/she could join in.Well the one that flew in didn't get a look in

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This was happening at a long distance from where i was, so this is about a 55-60% crop to bring them closer in the frame.

1D MK3
500 f4 + 1.4TC
ISO 250
1/640 @ f5.6

Comments welcome

Thanks for looking

Posted by Edwin kats on February 6, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Great shot. It's a shame they didn't come any closer. It would be amazing to see it frame filling.

Edwin Kats

Posted by Paul Inglis on February 7, 2008 at 6:36 AM

Hi Alan,

Cracking shot!

Posted by Daniel Read on February 7, 2008 at 8:14 AM

Great shot, and although it would be nice to have the subjects a bit more frame-filling, this crop works well for me.

Cheers,

Dan.

Posted by Malcolm Muir on February 7, 2008 at 1:53 PM

Hi Alan

Enjoyed this series - especially this shot.

Malcolm

Posted by eric weight on February 7, 2008 at 2:42 PM

You've pulled some good shots from this incident Alan. Great stuff.

Eric