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Merlin and Kestral fighting over a dove

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Nov 27, 2011 16:34 |  #1

I stepped out back to get some shots of Hummingbirds yesterday and saw a bird flying by with something in his claws. I threw the camera up and started to shoot. He landed on a power pole in my neibors yard. What happened next I could not believe.

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An Amereican Kestral flew over and tried to take the dove away from the Merlin. Unbieleavable!!

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Nov 27, 2011 16:36 |  #2

Great series of shots. Well done




  
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Nov 27, 2011 16:40 |  #3

Thats great, you sure took advantage of it, well done!

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Nov 27, 2011 16:42 |  #4

excellent set Randall




  
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Nov 27, 2011 17:25 |  #5

Yep Randy, those are so great!

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Nov 27, 2011 19:56 |  #6

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Nov 27, 2011 20:03 |  #7

Thats very cool Randall, dont see that very often.Great series of shots .

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Nov 27, 2011 20:18 |  #8

Maybe he was trying to rescue that poor Dove :D
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Nov 28, 2011 02:40 |  #9

Great interaction shots. So cool!

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Nov 28, 2011 02:46 |  #10

Great sequence, very nicely captured Randall.

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Nov 28, 2011 04:11 as a reply to  @ Joe52's post |  #11

Nice timing, i like the flying feathers...

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Nov 28, 2011 06:39 |  #12

Wow, that is too cool. Great series

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Nov 28, 2011 08:57 |  #13

Nice series of Action shots!

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Nov 28, 2011 10:19 |  #14

fantastic series

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Nov 28, 2011 15:59 |  #15

great action.

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