Terns & Gulls fishing (1) : Courageous tern
Parc des Chanteraines Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Thanks to Wayne for the help to ID of this bird : maybe a Sparrowhawk
You can click on the photo to watch it with a bigger resolution.
I was doing photos of gulls fishing in a parc (parc des Chanteraines) near Paris (France) when suddenly I saw all the gulls flying away and only 2 courageous gulls decided to rush on a ... hawk ! Why? maybe because on a little isle on the lake they were few juveniles not able to fly.
Sorry weather was really bad (it was raining) so the sky is really overcast and sooo white. This is a medium crop of the original photo because I was far from the hawk.
So why did I select this photo : not for the sky nor the IQ but because it's the second times in few weeks that I can see an Hawk in or near Paris, and I could see a third (in Montesson) but I hadnt my camera. So as Aron said, a lot of hawks are now living near or in big city, really surprising.
(DSC02171_DxO-TIFF_2-4-2048Ns)
Terns & Gulls fishing (1) : Courageous tern
Parc des Chanteraines Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Thanks to Wayne for the help to ID of this bird : maybe a Sparrowhawk
You can click on the photo to watch it with a bigger resolution.
I was doing photos of gulls fishing in a parc (parc des Chanteraines) near Paris (France) when suddenly I saw all the gulls flying away and only 2 courageous gulls decided to rush on a ... hawk ! Why? maybe because on a little isle on the lake they were few juveniles not able to fly.
Sorry weather was really bad (it was raining) so the sky is really overcast and sooo white. This is a medium crop of the original photo because I was far from the hawk.
So why did I select this photo : not for the sky nor the IQ but because it's the second times in few weeks that I can see an Hawk in or near Paris, and I could see a third (in Montesson) but I hadnt my camera. So as Aron said, a lot of hawks are now living near or in big city, really surprising.
(DSC02171_DxO-TIFF_2-4-2048Ns)