"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Don't Mess with Kingbirds
Today's Denver Post had this great pic of a Western Kingbird harrassing a Red-tailed Hawk that I just had to pass on.
Change that hawk to a barn owl, and you have a similar image that will forever remain in my memory. Circa 1965 at Mercy Hot Springs, San Benito County, California. An awesome thing to see (and I don't use that bastardized word very often). Thanks.
A lot of non-birders see this sort of thing and think the "mommy bird" or "daddy bird" (the hawk) is giving flying lessons to the "baby bird" (kingbird). But if anyone's getting schooled...
Today's Denver Post had this great pic of a Western Kingbird harrassing a Red-tailed Hawk that I just had to pass on.
3 comments:
Fabulous action shot!
Change that hawk to a barn owl, and you have a similar image that will forever remain in my memory. Circa 1965 at Mercy Hot Springs, San Benito County, California. An awesome thing to see (and I don't use that bastardized word very often). Thanks.
A lot of non-birders see this sort of thing and think the "mommy bird" or "daddy bird" (the hawk) is giving flying lessons to the "baby bird" (kingbird). But if anyone's getting schooled...
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