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Shellfishing

Sometimes I am bowled over by a bird's abilitiy to find food in - to me at least - the most surprising places.

 

Here a carrion crow took off from a muddy bank beside a shallow lake; hovered for a second; dropped ankle deep into the water; and then surfaced pulling an enormous freshwater mussel from the mud.

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Uploaded on October 30, 2017