Birds and fish (and birds dropping fish)

[Stephen Berger]

from a few mornings ago...

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[Butlerkid]

I can't imagine trying to track BIFs at 840mm! Well done! LOL! #3 and 7 are my favs!

 

[Stephen Berger]

I can't imagine trying to track BIFs at 840mm! Well done! LOL! #3 and 7 are my favs!

Thanks! I've gotten pretty used to it (though I normally wouldn't; post the put of frame ones)...

 

[Louis champan]

Excellent set Stephen.

 

[Stephen Berger]

Excellent set Stephen.

Thanks so much!

 

[NorthernFocus]

Nice set. Too funny. Butter beaks?

 

[ssheipel]

These are great. That last shot!

 

[Rassie]

Stephen, great set, and you certainly captured them under challenging conditions.
I have a burst series of images of a tern dropping the fish while up in the air. The images show that the bird drops the fish so that it can approach it from a different angle while in the air to reposition the fish so it can be swallowed head-first. This behaviour may be what we're seeing in some of your images.

 

[RichardN]

from a few mornings ago...

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Great series!

 

[Woody Meristem]

Nice series, must have been a challenge to shoot.

 

[Stephen Berger]

Nice series, must have been a challenge to shoot.

Thanks. It weirdly wasn't cause there were so many birds catching (and dropping) so many fish. More than I've ever seen at that location.

 

[Stephen Berger]

Nice set. Too funny. Butter beaks?

These are great. That last shot!

Great series!

Thanks so much gents! And yes, butter beaks galore!

 

[Stephen Berger]

Stephen, great set, and you certainly captured them under challenging conditions.
I have a burst series of images of a tern dropping the fish while up in the air. The images show that the bird drops the fish so that it can approach it from a different angle while in the air to reposition the fish so it can be swallowed head-first. This behaviour may be what we're seeing in some of your images.

Thank you. And I'm sure that's at least what the terns were trying to do (though the one I photographed dropped into the water), but the others just couldn't seem to hold on to them. Though in fairness to the egret it was being stalked by a heron.

 

[gdecamp]

Really nice collection, all well done!