Buzzard Bonus

One of those days.
Went to a new hide set up on a farm where the owner is very helpful( as most of them are). It’s a good spot for finches and it make a pleasant change from the three pool hides. On the way down the track to the farm , I came across a dead woodpigeon.
I thought I might as well stick it out in front of the hide. I managed to find a stick with a short angled twig on it and with a bit of penknife work,made a sort of tent peg , and I used this to hold the pigeon down- bit messy but the bird didn’t feel much !!
I stuck some seed down arranged a few perches and settled down. I got some lovely stuff on Bullfinches, Reed Bunting, Jay, Pheasant, Greenfinch etc.
All of a sudden there was a commotion and everything took off. To my surprise two Buzzards had landed about 5 foot behind the pigeon. One took off and the other hopped (in the way that buzzies do ! ) towards the pigeon.
He tried to drag it off but the peg held. He ripped the head off and ate that, and spent the next half hour slowly demolishing what was left. The wind comingfrom the right was blowing feathers all over the place !Took no notice of the camera at all, and I ended up with about 250 shots- vertical, horizontal and even full frame
( Crikey Robbo !!! )
As Mark Knopfler said “ Sometime it all come together “
D7000
Sigma 100-300 mm
400 ISO
320th @f8
Slight crop on this one.
Levels Paint Shop Pro
White balance auto /warm.
Very oof maggy in background taken out- looked like a feather !
Cheers
JR