p.5 #3 · Male Hooded Merganser vs. Lobster-size Crayfish
Stunning set! Your angle is so low and close to the water's elevation.
Really impressive capture of a battle. I just photographer my first hooded merganser a few weeks ago. Very cool bird.
p.5 #4 · Male Hooded Merganser vs. Lobster-size Crayfish
lighthawk wrote:
Stunning set! Your angle is so low and close to the water's elevation.
Really impressive capture of a battle. I just photographer my first hooded merganser a few weeks ago. Very cool bird.
Thank you very much, Andy! I was lucky to get the full cooperation of a hungry male Hooded Merganser...
p.5 #10 · Male Hooded Merganser vs. Lobster-size Crayfish
James McQueen wrote:
Wow ..... awesome set.
-Jim
Jim, thank you very much! I am flattered you like'm.
mikedec wrote:
Very nice, I am always amazed that they can swallow those.
Mike, thank you very much for your kind words. I saw images of them swallowing small crayfish before but never in my mind, I could not imagine that this male merganser could subdue and then swallow a crayfish this big. A lady that was there shortly before I came to the location told me that a female merganser caught a big crayfish but it was too big and the female had to let it go. There is no way of knowing for sure but I got a hunch that this was the same crayfish that ended up being swallowed by this male.
