Portrait of an Assassin...
Apr 10, 2021 20:37:00 #
... caught skulking in the shrubbery, with the latest victim. I'm always amazed by how these guys intercept their songbird prey in thick cover, without flying at high speed straight into a branch. Practice makes perfect, I guess?
Apr 10, 2021 20:46:52 #
Apr 10, 2021 21:04:16 #
Apr 10, 2021 22:35:48 #
BB4A wrote:
... caught skulking in the shrubbery, with the latest victim. I'm always amazed by how these guys intercept their songbird prey in thick cover, without flying at high speed straight into a branch. Practice makes perfect, I guess?
Great detail on the eye.
They are skilled at flying through brush and branches but a couple of bird sites noted that many of them that have been examined as skeletons after death show healed breaks of bones, esp. the breast bone.
Apr 11, 2021 06:06:55 #
BB4A wrote:
... caught skulking in the shrubbery, with the latest victim. I'm always amazed by how these guys intercept their songbird prey in thick cover, without flying at high speed straight into a branch. Practice makes perfect, I guess?
Apr 11, 2021 06:15:59 #
Apr 11, 2021 07:29:32 #
Apr 11, 2021 10:56:52 #
Apr 11, 2021 11:03:09 #
Apr 11, 2021 11:08:15 #
BB4A wrote:
... caught skulking in the shrubbery, with the latest victim. I'm always amazed by how these guys intercept their songbird prey in thick cover, without flying at high speed straight into a branch. Practice makes perfect, I guess?
Fine capture
I love that eye Apr 11, 2021 11:37:33 #
Apr 11, 2021 18:56:44 #
Apr 11, 2021 20:29:09 #
BB4A wrote:
... caught skulking in the shrubbery, with the latest victim. I'm always amazed by how these guys intercept their songbird prey in thick cover, without flying at high speed straight into a branch. Practice makes perfect, I guess?
Excellent shot...Beautiful bird!
Apr 11, 2021 20:36:11 #
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