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Egg thief caught in the act!

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Posted by Paul King on May 4, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Egg thief caught in the act!
After the Oystercatcher had eaten the whole clutch of four eggs, it took to chasing the Little ringed plovers, hah! what fun was had?

D300 300mm 2.8 + 1.4TC ISO 400 1/640th
Bibbled with a touch of USM

Your C&C would be welcome
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 5, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Evil Oystercatcher eh, great behavioral capture.

Tim
Posted by Magnus Hird on May 5, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Great action shot - can almost feel the plover's terror
Posted by Paula Graham on May 5, 2008 at 10:21 AM
What a pretty bully...nature is merciless and has to be to survive...If I ever come face to face with the creator of it and shall utter my displeasure about the red side of nature..he/she might be able to do something about it.
Interesting shot as well!
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 5, 2008 at 12:21 PM
I like this and the pano crop works well

Dave :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on May 5, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Great behaviour - thanks for sharing!

David :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Works well Paul - nice behavioural image :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 6, 2008 at 6:11 AM
Hi Paul,

Cracking image! Love the pano crop!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on May 6, 2008 at 7:29 AM
Interesting shot. I wonder if the Oystercatcher was aware thet LRTs are Schedule 1!

Greg
Posted by eric weight on May 8, 2008 at 1:43 PM
That's an outstanding behavioural shot. Anybody read a book called 'Adventure lit their star' by Kenneth Allsop about the return of the LRP to this country. It really got me interested in wildlife and birds in particular when I was a kid. I owe these little birds a lot and I've still never seen one that I know of.
:toast: :toast: Eric