Western Kingbird Playing with Dinner

[Gayle Clement]

In late April at the Bosque I watched this western kingbird for quite some time having a good time with this dragonfly. At first the dragonfly fought back but, after a while, the kingbird won the battle and tossed the dragonfly in the air several times before he finally ate it.

Nikon D2Xs
Nikkor 500mm f/4
Nikkor 1.4 TC-EII
1/640s @ f/5/6
ISO 200
0.3 EV

[Dan Walker]

Great timing!!! good head angle on the dragonfly:D

Dan

[Harold Davis]

agree with dan!! great timing and cool capture!

[Dave Phillips]

quite a behavior image Gayle......what a sweet bg too

[Julie Kenward]

Very nice! Did you add the vignetting along the top or was that part of the BG? Either way it does a lovely job of framing your subjects.

[Gus Cobos]

At the right place, at the right time...cool capture...:cool:

[Kobus Tollig]

Really nice action shot here. great bg and exposure here well done

[Fabs Forns]

Great behavioral image, it must have been fun to watch!

[Gayle Clement]

Thanks, everyone. Julie, I didn't add the vignetting. The bird was perched on a small branch over the pond at the crossroads at the Bosque. I think the darker area was caused by the trees in the background.