Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Birdwatchingappeals to me more and more. Well, better to say animalwatching and naturewatching :) Thanks for looking and share memories. Marc Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> ha escrito: > Wading birds are interesting to watch. Here in Indiana, we have Great Blue > Herons. They'll stand perfectly still for hours then grab a fish! I saw > one once grab an ENORMOUS bluegill (a common fish in the USA), which he > carried up to the shore to eat. He threw it on the ground, moved it around > so he could swallow the fish head first, and swallowed it. You could see > this big fish moving down his skinny long neck! Just as the fish finished > going down, the bird, still standing on the shore of the lake, reached > down and grabbed a fat bullfrog and swallowed that too! > > My grandpa had a lake cottage where we would go to fish. One evening, we > caught a bunch of bluegills and left them alive in a floating metal cage > hanging on the end of grandpa's pier. The next morning, I awoke to grandpa > yelling "Goddamn bird's stealing our fish!" There was a heron standing on > the pier quickly reaching in the cage and swallowing fish as fast as he > could! > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 4/4/12 4:57 AM, "Marc Dufour" <foto at marcdufour.net> wrote: > >> Silence, slow movement, and holding the breathe... >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Marc/Languedoc+Roussillon/IMG_2636_2.jpg. >> html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/cbonmc2 >> >> Cheers, >> Marc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >