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High-Speed Animal Flight Videos Show Hidden Aerial World (Original Post)
warrior1
Jan 2012
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brewens
(13,620 posts)1. I've seen hummingbirds really going at it. Aggresive little guys! n/t
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)9. Yep, we have green hummers and sometimes you can hear them collide..
An audible thump and sometimes even a squeak..
warrior1
(12,325 posts)2. the sparrow that got knock off
was saying "asshole" under it's breath.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)3. Sparrows gotta eat
At least he didn't take the life of another to eat. The Sparrow that got knocked off, will return the favor on another unsuspecting Sparrow.
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(7,776 posts)5. Sparrow fighting is a spectator sport...
annabanana
(52,791 posts)8. that is a GREAT clip!.. I love the end shot of
them all looking over the edge. .
Demonaut
(8,926 posts)6. once saw a flock of sparrows try to evict swallows from their mud nests
I was very young and I thought at the time that the swallows were the antagonists, shape of the wings and their speed and the dumpy blunt shape of the sparrows gave me the wrong impression
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)7. Wonder what DU flame wars look like in slo-mo?
annabanana
(52,791 posts)10. (probably a lot like #5 above). . .n/t
matt819
(10,749 posts)11. Like my birdfeeders
Although I don't view the birds at my feeders in slow motion, I am continually amazed at their antics.