Just Drop it

Nikon D4
600mm +1.4 TC
1/1600
ISO 640
F/9
Metering Spot
Exposure Mode Manual
White Balance auto
Cropped 79% (21% of original image left)
RAW
Tripod with Wimberly Head

This is a different pair of kites than the ones that had their nest destroyed by a bad storm a week ago.
I thought this was kind of unique for a food exchange. To me it looks like the female is simply saying to her mate, "this whole food exchange thing is just too much work for me, could you please just drop it and I'll do my best to catch it?" Not really, but that's the way it looks to me. In the shot sequence she actually over shot the vole and is falling away during a food exchange and this is the wing position that I caught her in. I like it and am wondering if you guys like it too. After getting hundreds of food exchange images it's neat to find something just a little bit different. Larger image provided. Heavily cropped but LOVING my new D4's ability to heavily crop files.