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March 10, 2016: Tricolor Heron Fishing

This morning was amazing - a white egret chasing a night heron out of her territory, and a tricolor heron fishing and swallowing the fish

Tricolor Heron flying

mar 10 0009 tricolor heron flying

Reflection of Tricolor heron

mar 10 0010 tricolor heron reflection

Night heron

mar 10 0019 night heron

Night heron reflection

mar 10 0022 night heron reflection

Night heron reflection

mar 10 0024 night heron reflections

Tricolor Heron

mar 10 0054 tricolor heron

Tricolor heron flying - note primary and secondary wings

mar 10 0059 tricolor heron flying

Tricolor heron landing - note primary and secondary wings

mar 10 0060 tricolor heron landing

Tricolor heron landing - note primary and secondary wings

mar 10 0062 tricolor heron landing

Tricolor heron hunting for fish

mar 10 0070 tricolor heron hunting

Ready to fire at the unsuspecting fish

mar 10 0074 cocked and ready to fire

Before catch

mar 10 0077 before catch

After catch

mar 10 0078 after catch

Video of the capture, orienting, aligning and swallowing

Holding and orienting the fish

mar 10 0078 holding fish

mar 10 0090 holding fish

Almost dropped the fish

mar 10 0095 before dropping

Dropped the fish

mar 10 0096 dropping fish

Lost fish

mar 10 0097 lost fish

Lunging for the fish on the edge of the lake

mar 10 0098 lunging for fish

Retrieved fish

mar 10 0099 retrieved fish

Retreating (why I don't know)

mar 10 0100 retreating with fish

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0105 holding fish

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0108 positioning fish

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0110 positioning fish

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0124 holding fish close

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0126 positioning fish

Fish wiggles one way

mar 10 0129 fish wiggles

Fish wiggles the other way

mar 10 0130 fish wiggles

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0137 orienting fish

Holding and orienting and aligning the fish

mar 10 0140 fish head first

Start swallow

mar 10 0141 start swallow

Swallowing

mar 10 0142 swallowing

Swallowing

mar 10 0152 swallowing

Swallowing

mar 10 0207 swallowing

Swallowing

mar 10 0208 swallowing

Swallow complete

mar 10 0209 swallowed fish

Upper neck bulge

mar 10 0210 neck buldge

Mid neck bulge

mar 10 0214 neck buldge

Finished swallow

mar 10 0217 finished swallow

Finished breakfast

mar 10 0218 finished breakfast

Happy tricolor heron

mar 10 0240 happy tricolor heron

Night Heron

mar 10 0313 night heron takeoff

mar 10 0313 night heron

White egret dislikes competition

mar 10 9980 egret dislikes competition

WHite egret attacks night heron - get out of my territory

mar 10 9981 escape from white egret

Night heron escaping egret territory

mar 10 9982 escaping egret territory

Tricolor heron

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C. Frank Starmer

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