Luckiest Fish Ever
This is more a story about the fish than the photo. I've always held the belief that if a story starts out "This is the truth" it's BS. However, This is the truth (and there were other witnesses). So I'm in the Bolsa Chica wetland walking toward the point near the nesting area when 2 Ospreys come fling in from the south very fast took everyone by surprise. Some tried to get a shot of them because the one in the lead is carrying a big fish. As it passes over head it drops the fish and the fish falls maybe 25 feet into some bushes on the rocks. Everyone was talking about the birds flying over and dropping the fish. I look over the edge to see where the fish might have landed and there was this Heron poking around the bush like he was after something. We watched for a few minutes and I turned to take a few shots of a pelican party that was going on and when I came back the heron had the fish that the Osprey dropped. (I took this snapshot). The others all got different angles and got their pictures too. The one guy was down lower on the rocks but could only see him from behind. He watch the heron take the fish to the water edge and thought it was going to rinse it off dropped it in to the water's edge but the fish swam away. Now this fish was snagged by an osprey, flown through the air at top Osprey speed, fell about 25 feet to the rocks and bushes, grabbed by a Great Blue Heron which was going to rinse it off and it got away. 2 disappointed Osprey, 1 disappointed heron and one happy fish.
Luckiest Fish Ever
This is more a story about the fish than the photo. I've always held the belief that if a story starts out "This is the truth" it's BS. However, This is the truth (and there were other witnesses). So I'm in the Bolsa Chica wetland walking toward the point near the nesting area when 2 Ospreys come fling in from the south very fast took everyone by surprise. Some tried to get a shot of them because the one in the lead is carrying a big fish. As it passes over head it drops the fish and the fish falls maybe 25 feet into some bushes on the rocks. Everyone was talking about the birds flying over and dropping the fish. I look over the edge to see where the fish might have landed and there was this Heron poking around the bush like he was after something. We watched for a few minutes and I turned to take a few shots of a pelican party that was going on and when I came back the heron had the fish that the Osprey dropped. (I took this snapshot). The others all got different angles and got their pictures too. The one guy was down lower on the rocks but could only see him from behind. He watch the heron take the fish to the water edge and thought it was going to rinse it off dropped it in to the water's edge but the fish swam away. Now this fish was snagged by an osprey, flown through the air at top Osprey speed, fell about 25 feet to the rocks and bushes, grabbed by a Great Blue Heron which was going to rinse it off and it got away. 2 disappointed Osprey, 1 disappointed heron and one happy fish.