Birds In Conflict

[K9Kirk]

Two frames from a series of a couple mockingbirds fighting over a girl during mating season.


11142529AAAAA-f studio25-studio by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

11142535AAAAA-f studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Two frames from a series of a couple mockingbirds fighting over a girl during mating season.


11142529AAAAA-f studio25-studio by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

11142535AAAAA-f studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Love that second shot with the shadow of the birds.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Wandering Albatrosses fighting - three shots from a sequence.

 

[K9Kirk]

Wandering Albatrosses fighting - three shots from a sequence.
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Birds are some of the most brutal creatures.

 

[Chuck]

Wandering Albatrosses fighting - three shots from a sequence.
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Those birds have strong beaks and could do a lot of harm. How did it end?

 

[Jack Dawe]

Those birds have strong beaks and could do a lot of harm. How did it end?

Surprisingly harmlessly. Eventually the birds just separated and the lower kept its distance. The winner was the younger bird (the one with some brown on its crown).