CoastalConn, i got your Osprey, plus some birds fishing as well

matthewo · Mar 4, 2014

I told them to stick around here a while longer.... haha

I plan to go back this weekend hopefully, weather is nice, maybe I will bring the kayak, but then again the rain might make the water move too fast.

not the best photos, but at least I know they are back here, personally I was more happy with the heron photos I got.

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herons:

in great reflection.
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in flight with fish and soft farther away bg.

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only posted this to ask, what was this heron thinking, this has to be one of the biggest fish I have seen one try to eat.
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ratssass · Mar 4, 2014

Man.......You birders do get some great stuff!!Great series!!

sm4him · Mar 4, 2014

#9: That's just CRAZY! If it wasn't you posting this (or maybe one or two other TPFers), I'd swear that fish had to have been PS'ed in, because Herons just do NOT spear fish that are 3 times as big as their heads!! :lmao:

coastalconn · Mar 4, 2014

You know, why don't you just cut me and pore some salt and lemon juice in the wound

Nice series..2 more weeks and the skies will be full of Ospreys. I've been stuck shooting all these Juvi Eagles that are too lazy to fish and they just steal stuff from the gulls. Although I did get a Juvi with a cormorant about 1/2 mile away

Oh, and my herons up here, just stand around, they never get stuff like giant fish 5 times the size of their head! Very cool!

Sweet series!

Jacaranda_wifey · Mar 4, 2014

Oh my goodness, what does that Heron really think he's going to do with that fish in #9…does he really think he is going to fit that down his throat lol….greedy butt~! Very nice pics and I love both the osprey with fish and the heron with fish but favorite is #9…good capture Matthew

JacaRanda · Mar 4, 2014

ratssass said:
Man.......You birders do get some great stuff!!Great series!!

I agree. And doggonit they are making it tough for me to post my measly critters.

matthewo · Mar 5, 2014

I wish the photos of the huge fish were better, but usually they grab them from the far side, really i think most of the fish are injured and wash up from the dam. But its far away and the background is distracting.

I have a short video of a heron with a catfish that must have been 3-4 lbs and 15-20 long

baturn · Mar 5, 2014

I think you all got it wrong. The fish is trying to eat the heron.
Great photos!

DarkShadow · Mar 5, 2014

#9 falls in the, whats wrong with this picture, umm nothing actually but the heron has some serious issues when his food is large enough to feed a Grizzly and her cubs.Put that thing down before you hurt your self.