This was taken in the Kruger National Park. Three Fork-tailed Drongos were harrassing a Martial Eagle for several minutes, eventually causing it to fly away from the area. From where I was, it appeared that, at times, the smaller birds were within inches of the eagle.
Nicely framed image of an interesting behavior but with the raptor turned away from us and the eye not visible at all this one does not work for me. Light well from the right does not help either. Exposure looks good but the side light makes things difficult....
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Very interesting but common behavior from the FTD's, they do not like the presence of raptors at all... Arthur has put it perfectly so I have nothing to add.
Arthur, Dumay, Randy and Daniel - I appreciate your comments.
Randy - yes it was a large crop. Most of the time the 3 drongos were "attacking" on a horizontal plane but this one unexpectedly turned and dived.
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