On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:11:36AM +0200, AlunFoto scripsit: > The Great Skua is considered to be a kleptoparasite. That is, a > species that "hunt" by stealing from others. When I was at Runde last > year I was amazed by the skuas' flying techniques when harassing > gannets, which themselves are bold birds that can be quite aggressive. > So one of my goals this year was to capture a skua in the act. I > captured one encounter: > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/tailnapper.html
Oh, that made me laugh. > About 2/3 of the area is cropped off so it's a bit soft on the > details, but I think it documents the behaviour quite nicely anyway. > Image is clickable for slighly larger version. What are you doing to let you track fast fliers off the tripod with a 600/4? I'd be impressed with getting that pair centred with something hand-held... -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
