Moorhens duking it out....

[flycaster]

Again, I'm failing to take a sharp image;but this series is good enough to tell a story. Female moorhens do a lot of fighting when protecting their territory, or when they are fighting over a male to mate with. Here's a little series of that event:

So, you want to fight?

• Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
• 25-400mm f/2.8-4
• ƒ/4
• 130mm
• 1/800s
• ISO 200

Let's get it on...

• Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
• 25-400mm f/2.8-4
• ƒ/4
• 130mm
• 1/800s
• ISO 200

Note how they fight while on their backs, claws up and forward

• Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
• 25-400mm f/2.8-4
• ƒ/4
• 130mm
• 1/800s
• ISO 200