Bird UFC - Dirty Plays

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I was invited to be the referee of this match.
One round, winner gets to mate with all the female mockingbirds in the area.

(Ladies: UFC= Ultimate Fighting Champion; a popular mixed martial art show on TV and Pay per view.)

1. The current champ : Yellow Eyes.

2.The Challenger: Dark Eyes.

3.Before you knew it, they were all tangled up for the ground battle :

4. Dark eyes' beginning to grab the Champ by the wings....

5.The Champ tried to signal me for a foul call, but I wasn't sure....

6. I didn't make the call, but now dark eyes started to bite and poke the Champ's face ....Again, I wasn't sure if that was an illegal move...

7. After a few tosses and turns, they ended up in a stalemate with the Champ on the right side now.

8. After a moment, they were both quite tired; since there were no action, the crowd were booing and I had to break them up....
I shouted : BREAK AND LETS FLIGHT !!!

Fantastic set Tiny, proably happens all the time, you happened to catch it! Well done indeed!

Super set, Alfred! You captured it very well. Just be careful of the 8-pic limit per thread before the moderators jump on you!

Now if that had been me, lol.I would have clapped my hands and broke it up long ago! Excellent capture of domination and survivor of the fittest!

Hilarious commentary! Perfectly aligned with your perfectly captured action shots.

Read back through a 2nd time. Laughed even harder!

dave

A great sequence Alfred, well seen & caught.

great set of photos, the detail is amazing

Outstanding even by your high standard.

Among many other things the perspective seems about perfect. How high off the ground was your lens? (I'm guessing about thirty inches.)

Congrats on being the right place at the right time. Great captures and even better commentary.

Flo wrote in post #15244489
Now if that had been me, lol.I would have clapped my hands and broke it up long ago! Excellent capture of domination and survivor of the fittest!

Thanks Flo,

I was too busy shooting, besides, I would never interrupt with nature...unless it's cause by human.

AZGeorge wrote in post #15245706
Outstanding even by your high standard.

Among many other things the perspective seems about perfect. How high off the ground was your lens? (I'm guessing about thirty inches.)

Thanks AZGeorge, I was just crouching when I took these shots. Quality is actually not that good cause I was a bit far away and these shots are big crops.

Great stuff!

Great series.....some people have all the luck !

BGgraphy wrote in post #15243917
Fantastic set Tiny, proably happens all the time, you happened to catch it! Well done indeed!

Wallace River wrote in post #15244049
Super set, Alfred! You captured it very well. Just be careful of the 8-pic limit per thread before the moderators jump on you!

Flo wrote in post #15244489
Now if that had been me, lol.I would have clapped my hands and broke it up long ago! Excellent capture of domination and survivor of the fittest!

snyderman wrote in post #15244530
Hilarious commentary! Perfectly aligned with your perfectly captured action shots.

Read back through a 2nd time. Laughed even harder!

dave

Joe52 wrote in post #15244875
A great sequence Alfred, well seen & caught.

rick_reno wrote in post #15245200
great set of photos, the detail is amazing

AZGeorge wrote in post #15245706
Outstanding even by your high standard.

Among many other things the perspective seems about perfect. How high off the ground was your lens? (I'm guessing about thirty inches.)

2n10 wrote in post #15246500
Congrats on being the right place at the right time. Great captures and even better commentary.

sandwedge wrote in post #15249796
Great stuff!

Chris Manchester wrote in post #15250036
Great series.....some people have all the luck !

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.