Crow Attacking Great Horned Owl in Flight

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, Fl - 1D3, 500mm+1.4xTC, hand Held, 1/1000, F5.6, ISO 1250, manual exposure

This image was made during todays workshop.

[Randy Stout]

Jim:
An amazing capture. The owl doesn't look too pleased, the crow looks determined.

Good underwing detail on the owl, love the feet showing on the crow.

The light appears to have been pretty soft, which sure helped here.

I assume the crow didn't actually land, but just bounced off the owl?

I have never quite understood why the big birds put up with it. If he got a hold of the crow, it would be history.

I suspect the smaller birds are more agile, but it seems pretty darn risky to me.

What time of day was this taken Jim?

Randy

[Joel Eade]

Great action....the expression on both birds tells the story. Cool!

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely exposure, interaction, and eye contact. The crow looks extremely noisy, and lacking a bit in the IQ department. Nice natural history image.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Looks like the crow is enjoying the ride :) Love this one !!

[Harshad Barve]

Spectacular is the word
TFS

[philperry]

Sensational photo Jim. Just like a scene from Harry Potter !

[Jim Crosswell]

Great action photo! The eyes on both of them are very expressive.

[Mike Lentz]

Hey Jim,

That is a wonderful moment you captured! Thanks for sharing, its nice to see something all together different from the norm!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful timing and superb action Jim !!!!!! The eyes on the GHO are awesome !!!

[ericbowles]

Wonderful capture - I love the eyes on the owl - one of those "what the heck did I do" looks.

[Keith Bauer]

That is really cool. Gotta love the look on the Owl. Love to hear what happened after this frame!!