Catch Of The Day

Sticking your neck out

Back with the Green Heron from Sunday, along the Duck Pond Trail at Presque Isle State Park.

On the move

After flying in, it set up shop on a log above the duckweed swamp:

Hunting perch

Not much action at that point, so back to watching the House Wren. In passing this spot again, however, lucked out in seeing it with a fresh catch. Some sort of fish, and a relatively sizable one at that. Let’s enjoy the food chain (#nature):

Catch of the day

Hold still!

It’s ok to eat fish
Yummy sushi lunch
Almost there
Big gulp
Can’t believe I ate the whole thing
Happy heron

Nikon D850 with 500mm PF f5.6 lens. Rather challenging exposure conditions due to fairly deep shade.