White-faced Heron by blinkings
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Description
White-faced Herons feed in shallow water on intertidal mud flats and reefs, and also in pastures. They eat crustaceans, fish, insects and worms. I was watching this bird as I was having my lunch. It kept picking up leaves and slammed them back down with a look of frustrated indignation! Then it found what it had been searching for all along. A crab was on the menu! You can even see the ripples in the water from where it snatched it's prey.
OM NOM NOM NOM!
Native to Australia.
Not threatened.
Comments (22)
Great shot. Love the crab in the mouth. Brilliant.
cool capture!!
great shot!!!
Outstanding pic, Andrew!!
I like how I cant judge the size of this.
Lovely shot but I didn't know herons could catch crabs!!!! Lol.
nice capture, by you and the heron....ha ha just read jayfar's comment.. they make creams for that, but I hear shaving works faster..lol
Zur richtigen Zeit, am richtigen Ort....und die Hand am Drücker!! Class!!
A brilliant shot, captured just at the right moment! Well done.. A new one to me.. Time I posted a 'thing' as opposed to a chunk of metal! lol Looking forward to your shots from your trip mate! Rob
Wonderful capture!
great shot, someones eating well today, and a ready made toothpick as well
Stunning capture my friend.
bonne photo!
Wonderful shot!
What a great shot--I see lots of them around here as well.
An unlucky crab thats for sure....lol Nice shot. Aloha
A fantastic catch of this heron's catch. Super details in zoom mode. Dana
I love your composition of this capture! Clive
Awesome capture Andrew and yes they eat crabs and frogs and lots of freshwater fish and how are u doing Andrew we have seen some of the bad flooding on the news over there and some of the pics of animals trying to swim out of it well i just had to turn my head i cannot stand to see some of that and how awful for something to strike over there hope ur ok.
This is quite a shot. We don't have these in my neck of the woods and we're poorer for it. They look like such an elegant species. I love the manner in which you captured this one, and your account. Birds have such interesting habits, especially those that eat things other than seeds and nuts...they DO seem to express emotion, or at least rudimentary thought patterns. Really well done and I quite like those ripples. They're subtle, but a fantastic catch.
What a beautiful Heron. Thanks for sharing. I have never seen this species before.
Wow, how fantastic this is!