Tree Swallow dive-bombing an invading Crow
The Tree Swallows have been nesting in the bird box, and on this day, the Crow decided he wanted to have a look for eggs or chicks. Upon landing and attempting to get in, a series of at least 4 or 5 Swallows preceded to dive-bomb the Crow, and drive him away, at least temporarily. I took almost 200 frames trying to capture the action, keeping my shutter speed up (1/3200) to try and freeze the fast-flying Swallow. They are SO fast, by the time the Crow looked up, the Swallow was usually out of the frame! Since I had to focus on the Crow, this was the only frame where both birds are in the same plane of view and focused!
Tree Swallow dive-bombing an invading Crow
The Tree Swallows have been nesting in the bird box, and on this day, the Crow decided he wanted to have a look for eggs or chicks. Upon landing and attempting to get in, a series of at least 4 or 5 Swallows preceded to dive-bomb the Crow, and drive him away, at least temporarily. I took almost 200 frames trying to capture the action, keeping my shutter speed up (1/3200) to try and freeze the fast-flying Swallow. They are SO fast, by the time the Crow looked up, the Swallow was usually out of the frame! Since I had to focus on the Crow, this was the only frame where both birds are in the same plane of view and focused!