When Birds Attack

[FotonDrv]

No, this is not meant to be an Alfred Hitchcock Thread but birds do attack thing, even attacking humans.  Think about the birds that protect their nests in the city and attack walkers and joggers.  I can imagine some interesting photos have been taken.

Along that vein here are some photos of a couple of eagles double timing a duck.  The duck got lucky...  The 2 crows kept running interference for the duck.

[tony b]

Cool!

[MacKenzie]

Great shots.:) 

[FotonDrv]

Once a year i get the opportunity to photo salmon jumping in the yard (Puget Sound) in front of our home. I am always trying to get a shot of the birds catching a fish. 

[MacKenzie]

For a minute I thought you were successful and that you were posting the pix.

[FotonDrv]

Not this year so far, but there is a little time left.

Here is another shot of an osprey, I think, in a power dive, came up with a meal!

 

[tony b]

That fish is now snack food! 

[MacKenzie]

Another great shot.   That fish is bigger than the ones I caught as kid.;)

[FotonDrv]

30 minutes ago, MacKenzie said:

Another great shot.   That fish is bigger than the ones I caught as kid.;)

Me too!  I was jealous when I saw this happen.

 

[Aussie Ora]

Great pics of the eagle down here everything wants to kill you lol. We have the notorious magpie during breeding season the males will swoop on you and give you a nasty peck on the head lol they are persistent buggers also

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[tinyfish]

Those are all great pictures! 

[MacKenzie]

We had a snow storm last night that closed the schools for the day and after snow blowing the deck and feeding the birds I saw this from inside my kitchen. I have among others a feeder that hanging in the window over my kitchen sink.  

This one is a woodpecker.:) 

Edited November 30, 2016 by MacKenzie

[FotonDrv]

Burrrrr!  Poor little guy was lucky to get food

 

[MacKenzie]

Thanks, FotonDrv, I have lots of food out and a heated water bath, my yard is just like a spa for birds, chipmunks and red squirrels.  

[FotonDrv]

That is very nice of you help the critters that cannot migrate for whatever reason.  If we put out bird feeders here the pigeons and crows usurp the good and the little ones lose.  Casting the seeds on the ground feeds the small birds really well here.

Now the hummingbirds really have my respect for their aerial acrobatics and their feisty territorial displays   Hope to get photos of that some day too.

 

Edited November 30, 2016 by FotonDrv
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[tony b]

My bird feeder challenges every year were not only the squirrels, but the raccoons. They destroy feeders to get to the goodies and I don't want altercations with my dogs. The raccoons are bigger and often rabid. And winter before last, on 2 occasions, I had a possum on my deck nibbling at the seed that had been spilled out of the feeders. At least he did his "play possum" thing and the dogs only barked at him. Had to take the broom to him to get him to leave. After that, I said enough. 

[MacKenzie]

Those raccoons are a real pain. I have to take down all the feeders every night and put them back up in the morning all spring, summer and fall or they will be destroyed. The only one I can leave up all night is the one in the kitchen window.

When I had a dog it was only allowed out front in the fenced in yard and the feeders are all out back on the opposite side of the house so not a problem. I wouldn't be feeding if my dog was in danger from raccoons that's for sure.:) 

[FotonDrv]

Try eating raccoons, if they are not city coons, they are tasty!  I can imagine putting one on the roti in the KK, YUM!

 

[tony b]

Mine are "city coons." Regardless, I don't think I'm trying it anytime soon -  À chacun son goût, as they say.