Monday, October 4, 2010

Brown Falcon grabs green grasshopper

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) spells doom for large green grasshopper along my favourite country road today.


Long grass blocked view of the capture.


But fence posts come in handy for birds, and photographers!  
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3 comments:

Russell Jenkins said...

A wonderful catch by you too. Superb shots.

Denis Wilson said...

Hi Tony
Fantastic shots, esp #2.
Such detail!
And an action shot - a veritable story.
Denis

Tyto Tony said...

Thanks all. Saved a few of the gorier pictures for another day.

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