Today was the first really warm and calm day of the last few weeks and the warm weather saw a big increase in Common Buzzards drifting overhead. There did not appear to be any obvious directional movement, it was more a case of lazily drifting about and calling, mixed with a bit of display behaviour. During a couple of hours at Langar in South Notts. this morning I recorded eight Common Buzzards with a party of four being the largest single group. Later, back at home, a group of three were calling and soaring above the garden. Both of these groups attracted the attention of lone 'Top Gun' solo-fighter Carrion Crows which harassed the Buzzards and escorted them out of their air-space. Photographing the action proved a bit tricky as the focus seemed to lock onto the Buzzards but not the Crows, and as these were moving faster than the Buzzards all I managed was a series of slightly blurred Crows and decent(ish) Buzzards. Still you get the picture!
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Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow Pulling Shapes. Langar, Notts |
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Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow moving in to attack. Langar, Notts |
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Common Buzzard avoidance tactics. Langar, Notts |
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Carrion Buzzard!! |
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Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow Bingham, Notts |
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Common Buzzard and Carrion Crow out- maneuvered!, Bingham, Notts |
I got 4 over Hawton near Newark the other day. They are very vulnerable to crows low down, they are wonderful soarers, but they aren't great flappers!
ReplyDeleteJust been watching a dogfight between a buzzard and a crow over Bingham. Beautiful shots by the way!
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