Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Another from the sequence of shots I took of the Buzzards fighting.
3 birds were involved in the most vicious fighting I have ever seen. It lasted for over half an hour and the attacks were always the same.
With one bird guarding the rabbit the others climbed above the oak trees and repeatedly dived like a peregrine, making contact with the bird on the ground and knocking it over.
I didn't think Buzzards could move so fast and trying to track them in the dive proved impossible. I changed method and focussed on the bird on the ground. As soon as it flared it's wings and opened it's beak, it meant a bird had started it's dive.
I hit the motor drive and even at 12 fps. I rarely got 2 frames with both birds in the shot.
From hundreds of shots, I was lucky enough to get quite a few keepers.
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Another from the sequence of shots I took of the Buzzards fighting.
3 birds were involved in the most vicious fighting I have ever seen. It lasted for over half an hour and the attacks were always the same.
With one bird guarding the rabbit the others climbed above the oak trees and repeatedly dived like a peregrine, making contact with the bird on the ground and knocking it over.
I didn't think Buzzards could move so fast and trying to track them in the dive proved impossible. I changed method and focussed on the bird on the ground. As soon as it flared it's wings and opened it's beak, it meant a bird had started it's dive.
I hit the motor drive and even at 12 fps. I rarely got 2 frames with both birds in the shot.
From hundreds of shots, I was lucky enough to get quite a few keepers.