More Bird Violence - Swans

[AndyC]

A typical Saturday evening on the river Frome.


Fancy yer chances then mate?
Yeah!


Aarrgghhhhh


I’ll be on me way then




Andy

[Kayleigh]

Wow, great action shots Andy, well done

[big bill]

A great set of shots Andy well done

[mrs fish]

Great shots especially the second one

You can see that is a male chasing off another young male probably, they do sometimes fight to the death !!

[hank]

Lovely shots, plenty of action. Well done !

[demicav]

Fantastic shots, I find Swans a bit temperamental at the best of times but at this time of the year I suppose they really go with it.

[Poirot]

Wow great pictures fantasticly detailed and sharp (and in focus which is better than most of mine), swans are really aggressive towards one another, here are some pictures of the swans at Martin mere not as detailed as yours but you can get the picture.

Feeding time at Martin Mere and one swan turns around and says "hey stop pushing"

The other swan honks back something unmentionable and....



Beutiful but aggressive and dangerous birds

Poirot

P.S. Are all swans really owned by the queen??

[AndyC]

Thanks all

As for them being in focus, well I just keep my finger on the button and hope

And if the Queen does really own them all she can come and collect a few, there's hundreds of them down here every winter!

I've found a couple dead in the past at this time of year which appear to be the result of aggression.


Andy

[Poirot]

Originally Posted by AndyC

Thanks all

As for them being in focus, well I just keep my finger on the button and hope

And if the Queen does really own them all she can come and collect a few, there's hundreds of them down here every winter!

I've found a couple dead in the past at this time of year which appear to be the result of aggression.


Andy

How badly bitten have the carcasses been?

[deer boy]

Great looking birds & great looking shots well done Andy