Great Egret Hunting

in Liketu3 years ago (edited)


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Going to birds Preserve is my weekend activity now. After we parked the car and walked out, there was a lady told me that this place was her weekend spot. I told her it was the same to me.

Most of the cranes were gone and flew to the north and only left some geese and water ducks there. This time I saw some bald eagles again, but I would not capture good pictures due to they were far away from us. I saw several white swans alone today though, and I captured some very good pictures of how the swan hunted for the foods. It seems the swan just liked to be alone, not like the ducks as a pair.

The first picture was showing how the swan acted before attacked the mouse. After catching the mouse, the swan flew to the safe area to enjoy its meal. The fifth picture was displaying the mouse was swallowed down through the throat. The last picture seems like the swan was taking off to hurt for more food again.

Hope your like the swan hurting serial!


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thank you for the wonderful photos.
I didn't know before that the swan eats mice.
I thought a swan only eats fish.swan_g92e2fbff3_640.jpg

You are right, it is not swan. It is the most beautiful white bird - Great Egret.

thanks for the explanation I just saw that

Thanks for pointing out. That is a fun part in Liketu, we are not just enjoying the pictures but also learned from each other. I tried to change the name but end up created more mess. Forget it.

What a beautiful shot of the Crane with the mouse. It's just one of those harsh realities of nature that they hunt for live food. We don't have any right to deny another animal of their right to live, and for that, they must hunt or forage for food.

I would not tell it was swan or Egret, hahahaha. It’s amazing seeing the Egret to hunt for mouse. It was so concentrated and not moving for a long time. I had to wait for a while too capturing these different moments.

Very interesting!

What kind of camera and lens do you use?

I used the Nikon which I bought it seven years ago. Because of Liketu, I use it much often. Thank you for creating Liketu for me to practice my photograph skills.

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Really nice, I have always been a Canon and Sony person, but interested to try Nikon

i though you killed the great egret when reading your title of the post, hahaha, stupid me

I hunted the Egret for taking pictures, hahahaha

这些场景太美了!
原来它叼了一只老鼠😅😅