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Crow versus Road Runner

 
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Apr 22, 2012 21:54 |  #1

I have never seen this before!
Crow won the battle

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Apr 22, 2012 22:03 |  #2

Wow, great shot. Any idea what the fight was over?




  
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Apr 23, 2012 03:26 as a reply to  @ malndobe's post |  #3

Very good shot. As above, any more info?




  
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Apr 23, 2012 03:39 |  #4

Great catch Leonard, did you shoot a sequence?


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Apr 23, 2012 04:07 |  #5

very nice Leonard




  
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Apr 23, 2012 04:54 as a reply to  @ kmunroe's post |  #6

Right time, right place, and you nailed it - that's some achievement!


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Apr 23, 2012 05:57 |  #7

Great action shot!


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Apr 23, 2012 09:29 |  #8

Wow, great capture and perfect timing!


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Apr 23, 2012 12:27 |  #9

Very cool.


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Apr 23, 2012 12:56 |  #10

Great action capture.


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Apr 23, 2012 15:27 |  #11

WOW!


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Apr 23, 2012 15:31 |  #12

Great catch.


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Apr 23, 2012 18:44 as a reply to  @ encphotogjoe's post |  #13

I was playing golf @ Indian Wells in Palm Desert and I was walking up to the green to putt and a Road Runner ran across the green (See photo below)

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I have never seen one before so I grabbed my camera and took a few shots.
It ran over to the lake and got right in the crows face.(See photo below)
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Apr 23, 2012 18:48 as a reply to  @ I DREAD ME's post |  #14

The crow picked up the road runner and started to carry him away(See close up photo below)

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The road runner got free and ran away and the crow chased his ass down (See photo below)
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They continued until out of site.

The end....

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Apr 24, 2012 09:46 |  #15

That's nuts! It is like the crow is doing his best raptor imitation!
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