Nature runs its course also in the city, as is evident from these incredible photographs Anton Brink, photographer at Fréttablaðið newspaper, captured outside a Bónus supermarket in downtown Reykjavík. The images show a merlin ruthlessly attacking a common starling on a busy parking lot, before killing and eating it.
Surprised passersby stopped to observe the incident as it is uncommon for merlin to hunt in the city. The bird of prey, however, seemed completely unmoved by all the spectators.
Last summer, a 101-resident published a video on Facebook that showed a merlin attack a starling at Óðinsgata street, downtown Reykjavík. Perhaps the same street-savvy merlin that struck yesterday?
Nature runs its course also in the city, as is evident from these incredible photographs Anton Brink, photographer at Fréttablaðið newspaper, captured outside a Bónus supermarket in downtown Reykjavík. The images show a merlin ruthlessly attacking a common starling on a busy parking lot, before killing and eating it.
Surprised passersby stopped to observe the incident as it is uncommon for merlin to hunt in the city. The bird of prey, however, seemed completely unmoved by all the spectators.
Last summer, a 101-resident published a video on Facebook that showed a merlin attack a starling at Óðinsgata street, downtown Reykjavík. Perhaps the same street-savvy merlin that struck yesterday?
