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Air fight for food


Air fight for food
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Copyright: Livio Soares de Medeiros (livios) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03-25
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, Hoya 58mm UV
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-03-26 13:38
Viewed: 1346
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The man who works at the town dump told me: "I you want to shoot the caracaras, come here late in the afternoon.

He was right indeed. I could shoot lots of them, and as soon as I have the time, I'll go back there in order to try a better shot of the similar action you can see here.

It goes like this: one of them gets some food and another one chases it. They fly too fastly, and there's no how to predict where they'll be the next second. Although the image is not that good, my intention is to show the moment. But soon I'll try something better.

Here, it seems clear to me the fight is for food, but during mating season, the males fight in the mid-air for the female (check the note below).
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Polyborus
Species: plancus

These animals are quite resourceful, and when finding food will cleverly take full advantage of every opportunity afforded them.

In the wild, Crested Caracaras inhabit open brush lands. They can hunt insects and small animals. They feed mostly on carrion. Sometimes, the Caracara will visit carrion only for the potential to uncover insects in the carcass. Crested Caracaras will also harass other birds, even those as big as buzzards, until they drop their food for the Caracara. Their long talons aid the Crested Caracara in scratching the ground to unearth insects. Their long legs allow them to wade in search of frogs. These birds will also eat sick young livestock, turtle eggs, fish and even small turtles. Crested Caracaras make different sounds for alarm (shrieking), protest (repeated clucking sounds), and mating (repeated clicks ended by a drawn out trilling noise). During mating season, male Crested Caracaras will fight each other for females in mid-flight.

(Source: www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/raptors/rpt3037.html)
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nardophoto, ALIRIZA, wallhalla15, marhowie, anavazao, ArcapA, scottevers7, dew77, cecilia has marked this note useful
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To scottevers7: Tracking the birdslivios 1 04-02 15:05
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Hi Livio,
a dramatic shot, who was the winner?
I like the beautuful colours in this action-shot, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Marvelous and amazing action capture, Livio . I liked POV, colors and framing a lot. Congratulations...
Ali Rıza

Hello Livio,
superb action shot! I liked POV, details and composition very much. Thank you for posting.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • meric (37)
  • [2006-03-26 14:14]

brawo*very interesting*commendable*****

Wow! 2 caracaras battling for food in a mid-air dogfight, this is pretty exciting and you captured the moment well. :)

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 729 W: 119 N: 1060] (4675)
  • [2006-03-26 15:08]

wow, superb caracara-chase, livio! :-)
great action-shot, i can almost
imagine them flying around.
well seen & captured,
thor.

Olá,
Embora a foto não esteja muito nítida valeu pelo momento! Gostei do momento!
thanks ana:)

Very nice shot. It is really amazing to catch such a moment. I wish though you had used a small shutter speed to get more clarity. It is a bit out of focus. TFS:)
Alp

Hi Livio,
Nice shot on this air combact scene. He is in hot pursuit! Did you have your camera in Servo mode to auto track these guys? These are very difficult shots. Nice work!
Scott

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-03-27 6:04]

Hello Livio!
Very nice action capture.POV,timing and composition are wonderful.TFS...:-)

Hello Livio,
Cool shot and well seen. You have captured the action nicely. Just like around here, one pup gets the biscuit, then they play keep away :) Well done.

Excellent inflight shot...
Well taken...
Cecilia

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1552 W: 0 N: 1169] (6448)
  • [2006-03-30 21:30]

Hi Livio,
Incredible catch! Excellent timing and good details.
Thanks for sharing!

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