Bird action
Photographs of birds in action. In-flight pictures, pictures of fighting birds, or interacting with each other in any other way.
White-tailed eagle
(or: Seeadler, havørn, grand aigle de mer)
Portrait of a flying white-tailed eagle
White-tailed eagles
(or: Seeadler, havørn, grand aigle de mer)
Two white-tailed eagles sorting out the hierarchy in a short confrontation, lasting not longer than maybe 2 seconds (which requires fast action of the photographer).
Raven
(or: Rabe, ravn, corbeau)
n adult raven (to the right) gets embarrassed by one of its young, who wants to get feeded. I observed a longer session, in which the adult feeded the young, pushed it away, feeded agsin, pushed it away … in many cycles over several minutes.
White-tailed eagles
(or: Seeadler, havørn, grand aigle de mer)
Two white-tailed eagles sorting out the hierarchy in a short confrontation, lasting not longer than maybe 2 seconds (which requires fast action of the photographer).
White-tailed eagle
(or: Seeadler, havørn, grand aigle de mer)
This capture of a flying eagle was taken one early and rainy mornig with almost no light, thus requiring a long exposure. I had to follow the movement of the eagle with my camera. This resulted in this very dynamic capture, with only the eagle’s head being sharp.
This photograph won a gold medal in the Nature category of the Motiva/Trierenberg contest.
Great tit
(or: Kohlmeise, musvit, mésange charbonnière)
Capture of a Great tit flying over the head of the photographer.
Cuckoo and stonechat
(or: Kuckuck und Schwarzkehlchen; gøg og sortstrubet bynkefugl; coucou et traquet pâtre)
I observed a cuckoo taking a rest, when suddenly a stonechat attacked this much bigger bird, and chased it away. Cuckoos lay their eggs in the nest of these small birds, forcing them to breed ad feed a young cuckoo instead of their own offspring. Hence, the only chance for birds like stonechats ensuring their own breeding success is to proactively keep cuckoos away from their territory. And at least at this occasion, this little bird succeeded.