Grey Heron dinner time

[Harlequin]

Its been a while since I last went back to the popular Grey Heron area.
It was a hot sunny sunday afternoon with the low tide coming in around 6pm @ 0.3m . Good opportunity for feeding shots. Too bad the warm lighting lasted only till 430pm.
Below are a few record shots of the different type of preys that the Grey Heron feeds on.
All pictures taken with available light, between 615pm till 645pm, @ ISO500 to 640.
A large prawn for starter

A Copper-Banded Butterfly fish - not a typical fish (as it is flat and very hard for the Grey Heron to swallow).

Now the real main dish. A X-Large catfish !!

A bit too greedy I would say

Cheers ! Hope the next low tide will have good warm lighting.

 

[kayaro888]

really nice catch ! Are they the same bird ?

 

[erictan8888]

very nice shots....

wonder where you shot all these and with what lenses?

thanks

 

[stevez]

waaah.... awesome. I love all the pictures...;p

 

[Harlequin]

really nice catch ! Are they the same bird ?

Thanks ! They are 3 different birds. See the difference in the beak ?

 

[Harlequin]

very nice shots....

wonder where you shot all these and with what lenses?

thanks

Thanks ! Took these shots at Seletar Dam. You can see quite alot of them during low tide.

Taken with a Nikon system

 

[Harlequin]

waaah.... awesome. I love all the pictures...;p

Thanks ! Glad you enjoyed them.

 

[slaam]

OMG great shots! How long a lens do you need to shoot at this size?

 

[selamatlzh]

Nice !

 

[schon]

whoa I'm amazed... :thumbsup:

 

[laforge]

Nice.....

 

[tOGGY]

Hu la la.....;p ;p ;p

 

[chngpe01]

Solid, well done and good to see you posting here

 

[mr_jason]

Great action!! :sweatsm:

 

[sky888]

those are of precious moments, to have the birds picking up the fishes and swallowing them.. how wonderful! gorgeous images!

 

[Harlequin]

Thanks to all for your kind compliments again.

Cheers !

 

[wrx_sti_22b]

Nice photos...

Wah, the birdie no doubt is quite big, but can it swallow the not so small fish in 1 go? I know the head goes in first, but still the fish is not small, the bird won't get choke meh?

 

[Harlequin]

Nice photos...

Wah, the birdie no doubt is quite big, but can it swallow the not so small fish in 1 go? I know the head goes in first, but still the fish is not small, the bird won't get choke meh?

Thanks for the compliments.

They sure can eat big fishes for dinner

 

[jbma]

Great moments there. Well rewarded for your patience.

 

[Harlequin]

Great moments there. Well rewarded for your patience.

Thanks buddy ! Glad you like them.