Every now and then you see smaller birds harassing birds of prey, presumably when they encounter them within their home range. I have finally been fortunate enough to document one such reaction. I came across a Brown Snake-Eagle perched on a dead tree and whilst I was capturing images of it a Fork-tailed Drongo arrived on the scene and began to dive bomb the raptor. It managed to flush it from the tree and chased it off where it landed on another tree nearby. I re-positioned myself and was able to photograph a sequence where the Drongo continued to attack the Eagle and finally managed to chase it further out of its patch Brown Snake-Eagle The Fork-tailed Drongo dive bombs the eagle and forces it to fly off The Eagle lands on a nearby tree where the Drongo immediately begins to attack it again. At one point it actually landed on the Eagles crown and began to peck at the intruder The Eagle tries to take avoiding action and ducks away from the pecking Drongo. A lull in the action as the Drongo remains in attendance and the Eagle considers its options Finally it is flushed again and decides it is time to depart escorted off the premises by the tenacious and persistent Drongo
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