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Offline hammerhead

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Catch the pigeon....
« on: November 10, 2011, 08:05:01 PM »
A while ago at work I noticed a peregrine falcon sitting on a nearby electricity pylon and decided to see if I could get some pics of it, so I grabbed the camera and was about to take a pic of it when it took off and caught a pigeon that had flown too close to the pylon...
 

24-08-11 003 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr

Then Just as I was about to put the camera down another falcon that must have had its eye on the same pigeon appeared and tried to take the pigeon off the first falcon...


24-08-11 007 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr

After a short mid air tussle the second falcon gave up and followed the first one at a distance...


24-08-11 008 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


24-08-11 009 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr
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Re: Catch the pigeon....
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 10:25:23 PM »
Those are great photos! I bet that pigeon wished it had stayed in bed.
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Re: Catch the pigeon....
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 12:40:34 AM »
Fantastic catches Don, poor pigeon mind you!  ;D
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Re: Catch the pigeon....
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 08:57:46 AM »
 :goodjob:

Those pics are great Don.

If Dastardly and Muttley had used this approach they'd have caught that pigeon aeons ago  ;D
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Re: Catch the pigeon....
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2011, 06:43:32 PM »
Thanks for the comments guys.
It was just pure luck that I got the shots , just shows that it pays to keep the camera close at all times......   

It must have been a good day for hunting as a hour or so later a buzzard was circling over me....

 
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