Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

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[Rookie (Rodney)]

LOL... He can take a punch that guy..

[TightEnd]

LOL... He can take a punch that guy..

what happened?

this was the sunday incident mid comp right?

[kinboshi]

And now, it gets a little gory......

WOW - just WOW.

Reminds me of this fella: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy

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Lol @ Rooks & Tighty. I shall come to Sunday night shortly.....

And now, having bored everyone to death with Airline tales, (& tails), & gory Peregrine Falcon gorging on a gull, here's some more pics to scare away my last remaining reader(s).

Steve sent me these, too, but they were "Photographer Copyright Protected", but I managed to find them elsewhere, in the Daily Telegraph Archive.

Hold on tight now.

Here's my favourite bird, the Heron.

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Bloody birds!!!

I'm going out to kick some pigeons

"did you get the milk and bread"?

"nope"

"and why not"

"got my neck eaten off by a hawk"

[TheChipPrince]

Is it cleaning/drowning the rabbit?  Or just found it in the pond?

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Is it cleaning/drowning the rabbit?  Or just found it in the pond?

aaaahhhhh bless

looks like it's eating the thing alive to me!!!!

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Is it cleaning/drowning the rabbit?  Or just found it in the pond?

Errm, well, here's the written article, from the Daily Telegraph.

Enjoying a leisurely wade in the waters of the Dutch undergrowth this grey heron decided to go in search of lunch when he came across this unsuspecting black rabbit.

Undeterred by its size, the grey heron, the largest bird of its kind in Europe, swooped down and gobbled the rabbit up in one mouthful, as these pictures show.

Wildlife photographer Adie Sprang, has specialised in bird watching for 10 years, made the trip to Vianen, Holland, last year to get pictures of the bird.

"I was trying to make some nice shots of this grey heron," describes the 56-year-old Dutchman.

After having made several shots a little rabbit suddenly appeared out of a hole in the ground. "The heron was interested in it and slowly approached the little rabbit.

"When the heron was quite close to the rabbit you could feel the tension.

"The head of the bird slowly moved from the left to the right; apparently to estimate the distance."

Obviously hungry, the adult grey heron, who average at 90-100 cm in height, with a 175-195cm wingspan and a weight of 1.2kg, made its move.

"Then all of a sudden in a split second the bird caught the rabbit," said Mr Sprang.

"The rabbit screamed loudly when it was hanging helplessly in the bill of the big heron. I managed to make two photos of this and the bird flew away with the rabbit in its bill. The bird landed in a water-place nearby. I could quickly turn the car and took several photos of the rest of the story.

"The heron tried to kill the rabbit by putting it under water. After about half a minute the rabbit was almost dead but as it moved it was put under water by the heron again.

"When the poor little rabbit had finally died the heron swallowed the rabbit completely. It was not that easy because of the size but finally the heron was successful.

"I have often seen herons catching preys like mice and fish. but catching a rabbit was a surprise."

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Is it cleaning/drowning the rabbit?  Or just found it in the pond?

Errm, well, here's the written article, from the Daily Telegraph.

Enjoying a leisurely wade in the waters of the Dutch undergrowth this grey heron decided to go in search of lunch when he came across this unsuspecting black rabbit.

Undeterred by its size, the grey heron, the largest bird of its kind in Europe, swooped down and gobbled the rabbit up in one mouthful, as these pictures show.

Wildlife photographer Adie Sprang, has specialised in bird watching for 10 years, made the trip to Vianen, Holland, last year to get pictures of the bird.

"I was trying to make some nice shots of this grey heron," describes the 56-year-old Dutchman.

After having made several shots a little rabbit suddenly appeared out of a hole in the ground. "The heron was interested in it and slowly approached the little rabbit.

"When the heron was quite close to the rabbit you could feel the tension.

"The head of the bird slowly moved from the left to the right; apparently to estimate the distance."

Obviously hungry, the adult grey heron, who average at 90-100 cm in height, with a 175-195cm wingspan and a weight of 1.2kg, made its move.

"Then all of a sudden in a split second the bird caught the rabbit," said Mr Sprang.

"The rabbit screamed loudly when it was hanging helplessly in the bill of the big heron. I managed to make two photos of this and the bird flew away with the rabbit in its bill. The bird landed in a water-place nearby. I could quickly turn the car and took several photos of the rest of the story.

"The heron tried to kill the rabbit by putting it under water. After about half a minute the rabbit was almost dead but as it moved it was put under water by the heron again.

"When the poor little rabbit had finally died the heron swallowed the rabbit completely. It was not that easy because of the size but finally the heron was successful.

"I have often seen herons catching preys like mice and fish. but catching a rabbit was a surprise."

not least to the bunny

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drowned him to death, gangsta