There is only one way to settle this... FIGHT!

Most wildlife will disappear or distance themselves from a potential threat, such as people getting too close for comfort. Depending on the situation, fear is surpassed by some animals and they become oblivious to what is going on around them. I have seen two robins having a scrap outside a cafe in the street - they just seem to be lost in their own little world and unaware that they risk getting trodden on by morning commuters. A sparrowhawk can be so engrossed with its prey that it doesn’t notice approaching people as a threat. This type of behaviour is mostly likely to arise as a result of food, rival males or defending territories. 

These two willets were fighting in the surf on Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Despite people playing in the water and others walking by along the beach, they continued to fight.  After several minutes, the fight was over and the birds went their separate ways. 

Nothing like a bit of free entertainment whilst on the beach. 

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Fantastic fulmars

I have spent the last two weeks back in Cornwall and during this time I have spent several days on the north coast photographing fulmars.  

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This one has already started the foundations of its nest. I watched it as it  picked up tiny stones and positioned them neatly around itself 

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Many of the fulmars will make use of the holes and burrows on the cliff edge making them a perfect spot to shelter and raise their young.

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In flight their broad and almost parallel wings set them apart from other seabirds.

You can watch them glide and swoop up and down the cliff edge. They seem to have a circuit which they repeat over and over again by flying up and along the side of the cliff, down back over the sea, then back up to the cliff again.

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The ever changing weather on the coast shows thick fog over the sea to perfectly clear blue skies over marram grass covered dunes.

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