Feeding by John Vass

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12-JUL-2017

Feeding

Tree swallow feeding a soon to fledge chick.
A week or so ago I was on a walk and a hawk swooped
in an pulled a chick out of this house and flew away.
It was distressing to watch because I really like the swallows
but a hawk has to eat too!

Olympus E-5
1/640s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso100 full exif

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Buz Kiefer		22-Jul-2017 17:37
Very well timed image. BV

Tom Munson		19-Jul-2017 03:50
Terrific image, John.

larose forest photos		18-Jul-2017 01:49
Beautiful shot. It is distressing to see such things happen, but as you say, hawks must eat too. V

1moremile		15-Jul-2017 23:49
Sad but that's how nature is sometimes. Nice capture of the feeding.

Pieter Bos		15-Jul-2017 18:52
The right moment for a photo! ~V

Gill Kopy		15-Jul-2017 02:51
Nice shot - interesting that a hawk figured how to grab a chick. We've noticed a decline in swallow population here over the years :( V

globalgadabout		14-Jul-2017 14:33
a touching scene...young birds do face dangers, so hope some of the chicks survive to mature and fly around eating loads of bugs..

Neil Marcus		14-Jul-2017 04:22
A sad story. This is a nice catch, John

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