Goshawk
In the last months I got the impression that the Goshawk is regular on our raptor feeing station.
On 1st of January early in the morning I was already set up in the hide. It was indeed, beautiful sunny day.
The Goshawk arrived soon after and actually spent the most of the day in front of me. I have latter realized why he does so, even when his crop was already full. Around 4 p.m. he got attacked by his next door neighbour from the other pair in the area. However, after short but fierce fight he managed to chase the rival away and start taking threatening postures, like the one you see here, thus defending the food, which actually was enough not for two, but for twenty Goshawks.
The funny thing was that the second Goshawk, after lost the fight, perched at my hide, some 30 cm away of my head.
Photo: Gradimir Gradev
Canon 1D Mark III + 100 – 400 mm lens.