The guava thief

At this time every year, the local wood pigeon (kereru) visits our orchard, to steal our guava. He is so big and heavy, that many of the tree's branches are now bent towards the ground!

[julia]

This is fantastic... certainly is the culprit .. snapped in action.. fav

[Jo Matthews]

Wow, great shot, that's quite a mouthful he's got.

[kali]

hahahaha

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a wonderful capture, do hope he leaves you some... I do like Guava Jam!

[Babs]

Fabulous shot, caught in the act. Hope he hasn't bitten off more than he can chew. Looks big enough to choke him.

[Dianne]

@onewing This is how he eats them - whole - and this isn't as big as I have seen him eat! As he swallows it, you can see his throat feathers ruffle as it goes down!

[Delia]

Fab. No wonder he is so heavy

[Karen]

Awesome image.

[Liana Bull]

Amazing capture.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautifully captured in the act !!A lovely composition and presentation !

[Rachel]

This looks like a choking mouth full! Great timing.

[Irene]

Great timing to get his mouth full. He obviously thinks that you grow the guava just for him!

[Ali P]

Lovely colours!

[Peter]

Caught in the act, great timing, composition and beautiful colours Dianne:)

[Keri]

Fabulous capture. Who would have thought he could swallow that!

[Sam]

Great capture!

[Dione Giorgio]

Amazing colours for a pigeon. Awesome shot.

[Joyce]

Great capture Dianne

[Lyn Berriman]

Cherry guavas? They also steal ours. Lovely image

[Mariano]

beautiful image.

[Sgt. Pepper]

Nice one...

[Elsie T]

Great capture of that moment. Our pigeons are fat too but yours has much brighter plumage.

[Fisher Family]

Nice shot of the guilty party trying to hide!

Ian

[Pat Knowles]

I hope he doesn't choke on that large guava. I have no idea what that fruit tastes like but he must like them! Great capture!

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful close up capture of this wonderful bird. Perfect timing to. Fav.

[Paula W]

Your wood pigeons have a much stronger colouring than ours. He is very well camouflaged in that tree.

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful timing! Great capture!

[Milanie]

Talk about a color coordinated shot! Didn't he pick the perfect spot. What wonderful focus you had there.

[Tony]

Perfectly timed capture.

[Call me Joe]

Perfect timing- fav!

[Taffy]

He's quite a beautiful bird and I like the way you've caught him hiding in the tree's foliage.

[Arthur Loosley]

Nice candid action shot!

[Margo]

Wonderful capture

[KAL]

You have beautiful thieves! Fav

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)