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Very Ospreyish !!!

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Posted by Brian McGeough on October 3, 2009 at 1:18 PM
One from last week, not posting for critique just for interest.

Red Kite acting like an osprey, did have something not sure what though.

Cheers for looking
Brian
Posted by jack chapman on October 3, 2009 at 1:27 PM
that's bizarre, didn't know they did that at all, thanks for sharing
Posted by Colin Pickett on October 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Hi Brian
This is very different and very special it shows behaviour rarely seen, no nits from me.

Well seen and captured :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on October 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Interesting image and a moment very well caught.
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Posted by Liam Pauling on October 3, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Brilliant shot! Nice to see a Kite doing something different.

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Posted by Mark Davies on October 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM
I had seen a video on you tube of them doing this and ached for a chance to get over there and have a bash . So well done for for a fine example of the action.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on October 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Not a behaviour I have seen with this species before - very interesting.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Peter Edge on October 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM
The black kites do this all the time on lake geneva except they are almost always fishing out dead fish. very nice capture,
Pete
Posted by Edwin kats on October 3, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Didn't know. Great shot. Thanks for sharing.

Edwin Kats
Posted by eric weight on October 4, 2009 at 12:11 AM
I didn't know they could do this, but nature is full of surprises. Given that they rarely seem to land to pick up food, always grabbing it on the wing, I suppose they are quite well suited to this. Very interesting post, thanks.
:toast: Eric
Posted by Paul Inglis on October 4, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Great behavioural image!
Posted by Ian Mason on October 4, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Interesting indeed - but also a very fine shot. Worthy of working on - I would crop a little from top and left. I love it!
Posted by PhilH on October 5, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Certainly is an interesting behavioral image, a little more than a record methinks....

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Posted by Alan Bryant on October 5, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Congrats on capturing this great behavioural image.A 1st for me :cool:

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Posted by Fran French on October 6, 2009 at 2:02 AM
A very special image, certainly different behaviour!!

Fran :toast: