Kite kourtship - Male presenting mouse to female..

Male on the right presenting mouse to female. More often done in

aerial exchanges, but sometimes as shown, just on a branch.

Aaah! what a lovely natural love scene!

well-done; sorry for the mouse though ;-)

cheers

Sam

A really beautiful and original shot, Monte!

With best regards, 

Ruud.

 

Amazing and excellent! Bravo.

Hamid.

You are so romantic, Monte .... Great capture !!

Excellent capture !!!!!! 7

Very nice exposure Monte!  The colors are well balanced.

jerry

Monte,

This is a winner !

Great capture.

Best Regards, Mike

Fantastic capture.A valentine gift(!) which enhances the image very much.

My best regards.

Kallol

Superb shot Monte,A very rare catch,my regards

Also the birds have heart and soul, a really great image , ciao Giangiorgio

Monte, this is terrific! The expressions are priceless. 

Wonderful image, both subject matter and technique.

A rare and special image!!  Wonderful!!

Agree Giangiorgio opinion,and more than this all the time you come with original and new images,compliments and max.

RC

...., you've captured here greatly, Monte.

Love the pose of the birds and the way they express there internal love.

Beautiful how they stand out against the blue background.

Pity though the image, looking at the lighter rims around the branch and some parts of the birds bodies, is over sharpened.

Also pity you did some bad cloning work in the lower left part of the frame.

There still are quite some nasty distracting spots visible inn that area.

 

Best regards, Harry

 

Seems like she is playing a wee bit 'coy' with this 'male'. Such an interesting shot Monte, fantastic detail,  and so nice to know the mating habits of these birds. Well done! max marks from me! Such an 'original capture' and done with such skill and 'great timing'!!

Kind regards, Gail

Fantastic photo of a rare moment! I wonder if the generous present has been finally accepted :))    

Best regards,

Karoly

It was accepted.  Usually she is all over him to get the mouse, but this was one of those moments when she had already eaten.

It really is a lovely mousse dearJust a desert! Miken

7 IMO. No other words. Best regards, Antonio

Monte the image is really fantastic and the expressions of the birds almost like an instruction. I think the colours and the tone are just spot on. the work you have done in this image and all of your images is just so pleasing to view... 7 MJ

Very good shot

saludos de Mexico. JB

"You want the Cabernet or the Zinfandel with this?"

 

"Hey baby, how's about you and me go someplace private and enjoy some fresh stuff...?"

 

"Now look, it's only a mouse, we eat mice, it's what we do!  Forget the dammed vegan diet baby and dig in!"

 

Monte, With the body language, these birds have something in common-mutual understanding. These picture is like watching a movie and expect something good will happen--check mate!!!