Food Fight! Kites, Grey Heron and Crows.

Giphsub

I was down on the river right before sunset on Sunday and there were literally dozens of black kites circling and dropping down to the banks to feed on the ded fish which for some reason were everywhere. It was an overcast day and the light was poor. The pics I got are not great quality, but interesting all the same. It was interesting to watch the crows trying to scavenge from the kites even though there were plenty of other dead fish lying about. They kites put on a good display too. I just wish I had a bigger lens and didn't have to crop these down so much. I didn't bother trying to clean them up too much. Anyway, bad quality pics but interesting content.

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Harryb

Good captures of the sequence Mike.

Maestro

You have some nice behavioral shots! It's nice to see that the kites weren't taking any crap from these crows!

Shasoc

Nice action shots.

dbaker1221

good captures

Giphsub

Thanks Harry, Stephen, Socrate and Dave.

Yeah it was interesting to watch because it is usually the kites that get beaten off by the crows if they fly through the crows territory. But I think I must have seen a kite not just having a go at, but also prursuing the crows through the air, at least 5 or 6 times. It was a very fun hour or so of entertainment.

leaforte

Rock, Paper, Scissors! Crows have always been my favorite, but Hawks sure are mighty.