19 June 2010

On this day (June 19th)....................




June 19th 2009.


A Bullheaded Shrike doing in a Tree Sparrow on the river near my apartment last year.


It was nice to capture such a dramatic moment, I managed to fire off half a dozen shots. A few minutes later I saw the Shrike with a the bloodied head of the Sparrow in its beak, weird to think how such a small bird can be such a killer. There are always 2 or 3 pairs of Shrike nesting in town alongside the local river, I guess they have mouths to feed and Tree Sparrow is on the menu.


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5 comments:

  1. Seeing its beak, I'm not surprised but still as you said, strange to think that they can be such a killer...
    Sorry mate for the game of England, now you have to cross fingers for the last game.. At least you still have a chance to be qualified, not like France ;-)

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  2. Hi Chris, you have good players and a terrible coach, we seem to be the opposite.................

    Yes, the torture will continue next week.

    Shrikes are tough little ba***rds, england could do with a Shrike type player in the midfield.

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  3. You were quck off the mark to get that picture of the shrike just at the kill Stu. A bit quicker than Rooney at the mo.

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  4. Hi Phil, if I were Rob Green I would have dropped the camera, if I were Emile Heskey I would have focused on the background thus missing the shot and if I were Rooney I would have verbally abused the sparrow/shrike for messing up the photo.........

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