Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Killer stare on the way


Here's a glimpse of what small birds fear from Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus).


Look away, then suddenly ...


... here comes the killer stare! Immature bird in Tyto this week.



4 comments:

Russell Jenkins said...

Wonderful. Great timing and got him looking right into the lens.

Tyto Tony said...

Just a fluke I'm afraid. But point enough lenses at enough birds and sometimes you get lucky.

Denis Wilson said...

You are being modest, again, Tony.
"The Ayes have it"?
The eyes tell me it is all in the concentration.
Denis

Tyto Tony said...

Hi Denis: to paraphrase Churchill, a modest man with plenty to be modest about.

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