Interesting behavior - for a Mockingbird!

[PhilM]

Wifey & I stumbled upon this, Friday afternoon. I saw a ruckus along the brush line & this is what it turned out being.
I shot from the drivers seat, across my wife & out the passengers window. I didn't want to get out & spook him.

D500 + 500PF

I challenged myself to find "interesting" ways to photograph Mockingbirds recently, as we have SO MANY of them in our area. They are typically boring, but we got lucky with this one.

 

[Ralph]

Wifey & I stumbled upon this, Friday afternoon. I saw a ruckus along the brush line & this is what it turned out being.
I shot from the drives seat, across my wife & out the passengers window. I didn't want to get out & spook him.

D500 + 500PF

I challenged myself to find "interesting" ways to photograph Mockingbirds recently, as we have SO MANY of them in our area. They are typically boring, but we got lucky with this one.

Very Cool!

 

[Yezdi]

Nice...

 

[NatHist.CA]

Fascinating behavioral observation. Great job spotting and capturing the series.

 

[PhilM]

Very Cool!

Thanks Ralph. Much appreciated.

Nice...

Thank you, Yezdi.

Fascinating behavioral observation. Great job spotting and capturing the series.

Thanks! It was certainly atypical behavior, based on our experience. Pays to be lucky sometimes.

 

[Hawkeshead]

Nice series and interesting behaviour indeed.

 

[Woodyg3]

That is certainly interesting. I guess to the birds it's just a big worm. Excellent capture!

 

[Oztours]

Great series. Gotta love that quizzical look in #3.

 

[PhilM]

Nice series and interesting behaviour indeed.

Thank you, it was a surprise to us - for sure.

That is certainly interesting. I guess to the birds it's just a big worm. Excellent capture!

You may be onto something here. Green worm, with bones inside!

Great series. Gotta love that quizzical look in #3.

Thanks Oz. It's either that or shear exhaustion. He (she?) "worked" this meal for quite a while. It did not go down easily and I'm not sure it wasn't still breathing in the last image.

 

[Kathy G]

Really interesting series and great captures

 

[PhilM]

Really interesting series and great captures

Thank you, Kathy - much appreciated.