Great images! You may very well be correct that they were waiting for you to stir up some easy meals for them. Many birds and other animals are opportunistic hunters and not above following human activity for food. If you live in or near farm country watch the Robins and other birds following the farmer's plow. They're quick to learn where to find an easy meal and to know there is no danger from the farmer, or in this case, the photographer.
Circle of life Vic! Sorry to see dragons as lunch but...... This is a great set and I love this bird. Fine work my friend.
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DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
Excellent shots! I love the waxwings, but they are sure hard to photograph since they are rarely in one place for more than a few seconds.
Nice work. Sharp, very sharp.
What did you do to pis-off the one in the fourth shot?
TJBNovember wrote:
What did you do to pis-off the one in the fourth shot?
That’s the same look my ex wife gave me. And believe me, she wasn’t happy or looking for a meal!
Muddyvalley wrote:
These birds were grabbing lots of dragons. Everytime I disturbed a dragon and it flew, there was a waxwing hovering near me to get it. I never knew they could hover, but a waxwing flew a couple of meters from me and waited three feet off the ground hovering in place for his meal. When the dragons are teneral, they can't fly well and kind of flutter around for short distances, making them easy prey for the birds.
I swear they were watching me and waiting for me to flush out the dragons.
That last bird was daring me to do something about it.
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wow an awesome set of both the dragons and the waxwings! what an exciting thing to witness.
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