Capturing animals riding other animals seems to be a new trend in wildlife photography. First there was a weasel riding a woodpecker. Next was a raccoon riding an alligator. The latest: this photo of a crow hitching a ride on the back of a bald eagle.
It was shot by California-based amateur photographer Phoo Chan, who watched the image go viral online over the past several days.
�Crows are known for aggressively harassing other raptors that are much bigger in size when spotted in their territories and usually these �intruders� simply retreat without much fuss,� Chan writes. �However, in this frame the crow did not seem to harass the bald eagle at such close proximity and neither did the bald eagle seem to mind the crow�s presence invading its personal space.�
�What made it even more bizarre was that the crow even made a brief stop on the back of the eagle as if it was taking a free scenic ride and the eagle simply obliged.�
Here�s a sequence of photos that were captured immediately before the shot above, snapped with a Canon 1D X, Canon 600mm II lens, and a Canon 1.4x III extender.
You can find more of Chan�s wildlife photography on his 500px and Flickr pages.
(via Bored Panda via Colossal)
Image credits: Photographs by Phoo Chan and used with permission
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.