Dispute #midnighthaiku

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There was an almighty screeching outside… unmistakeably a kite… so I grabbed the camera. Several crows were mobbing the bird of prey on the wing. There are a number of reasons why they may do so…territorial or feeding disputes or the protection and education of their young. The shots are not the clearest, and I only managed to get one crow in the frame, but the kite was so vocal! They were moving so fast that I was lucky to get any shots at all, but I loved having caught the kite at it turned to screech 🙂

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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31 Responses to Dispute #midnighthaiku

  1. willowdot21 says:
    May 30, 2017 at 00:06

    I love the kites too, the birds here mob them too occasionally!

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  2. trentpmcd says:
    May 30, 2017 at 00:47

    I do find the bird vs bird conflicts interesting. I’m not sure what it is about crows, but they do seem to go after the large bird of prey all of the time. Earlier today I posted a photo of a crow eyeing a fish an osprey had caught. A couple of other crows showed up later. The fish was huge – over 2 feet long.

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  4. Jessica Bakkers says:
    May 30, 2017 at 02:34

    Wow, beautiful Sue!

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  6. jenanita01 says:
    May 30, 2017 at 08:21

    Haven’t seen a Kite in Hampshire yet, but the Crows just mob the Magpies instead. I love watching their aerial acrobatics!

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  7. Denis1950 says:
    May 30, 2017 at 09:20

    Great capture of the fight, a haiku for the moment as you saw it Sue

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  9. robbiesinspiration says:
    May 30, 2017 at 18:28

    Lovely photographs, Sue.

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