tehag
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Free shrimp in Loreto this morning
The little blue heron watches for shrimp action.
The reddish egret scores a fat one.
And, of course, the ring-billed gull is alert to any theft ops.
Is jumbo shrimp an oximarooon?
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Is jumbo shrimp an oximarooon?
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no. jumbo shrimp ARE delicious!!!
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vgabndo
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Oh the Herons are SO skilled. At our local trout hatchery, it was fun to watch the Bald Eagles and Osprey fishing in the raceways. DFG lost hundreds
of thousands of fish annually, but in the end it was the formation of a permanent Blue Heron colony nearby that forced the installation of an
expensive "Bird Exclosure". A heron in a hatchery is like a Marine Sniper, one shot one kill! The raptors miss...often.
Great images of those beauties Tehag!
[Edited on 1-26-2012 by vgabndo]
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Skipjack Joe
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A heron in a hatchery is like a Marine Sniper, one shot one kill!
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or Vasili Zaitsiev.
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jbcoug
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The gull photo with the reflection is great!
John
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Islandbuilder
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We raised a couple generations of Kingfishers when we stocked our pond with trout. Once they finished off $250 worth of fingerlings, they moved on.
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vgabndo
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Vasili Zaitsiev, no no. My comparison ends with efficient, cold blooded accuracy. I could certainly comment on Zaitsiev's heroism in defense of his
homeland against the Lutheran hoards of the Master Race, but the birds are a happier subject.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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vgabndo
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Belted Kingfisher, the F-18 of the freshwater fishing birds, I love 'em.
Our pond is too small for fishing birds, but we've lost a lot of Koi to P-nche mapaches!
Coming thru' the bear hole in the fence with carp on his mind!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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CortezBlue
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Free Shrimp is for the birds!!
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Ken Bondy
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Beautiful bird photography tehag!
carpe diem!
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