Catfish days fireworks at North Island Park in Wilmington, IL

Had a great outing at Sandy Ridge Reservation Metro Park this morning tagging along with a seriously good wildlife photographer. As soon as we entered the marsh he pointed out this GBH who had speared a large catfish. The heron flipped the fish in its mouth and swallowed it whole. Still a neophyte, I missed that shot - my friend didn't. Livin' and learnin'.

A juvenile whistling kite keeping watch over his catfish meal!

Great Cormorant.

Shot taken by floating hide

CATFISHING

Scatto eseguito da capannino galleggiante.

Cormorano con pescegatto

IN HD...

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he owns us now... yet another stray! : ) we love him! especially the pig...

Blue heron does the flip

This cormorant spent about 10 minutes flipping the catfish in order to swallow it head first, allowing the fish's spines to fold backwards.

Seen in north Idaho.

Thanks to all for visiting and commenting. Truly appreciated.

denis

Double crested cormorant with at catfish at Conowingo

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Mallard tries and fails to eat catfish

Thanks to all for coming here a few seconds to check my photos. Truly appreciated.

denis

Great Blue Heron [Ardea herodias]

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

2068*

Tiny Bristle-nose Catfish (& guppies) in our aquarium.

I took a little drive, stopping at a small boat access to a lake. I was just in time to catch a Great Blue Heron flying into shore with, what turned out to be, a catfish.

Had to shoot from the van but got some good shots before he swallowed it and flew away.

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Part of what turned out to be a banner day of railfanning was the NS 9356 leading this westbound stack train on the UP. With so many of these units getting rebuilt, repainted, stored, and/or scrapped, dare I say that these "original" NS Catfish are becoming rare? At least in these parts, I'm not seeing nearly as many as I had in the past. Shoot 'em while you can!

This is a photograph of a male anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) in breeding plumage captured as it tossed its fresh catch. The anhinga was having some difficulty accommodating the catfish just right and in so doing put on quite the show as it tried to swallow its meal. This photograph was made at Shark Valley, Everglades National Park.

views from the Yak...

Withlacoochee River, Florida

bald eagle with Mississippi River catfish taken from kayak in Grey Cloud Channel

A Green Heron with morning meal.

(Butorides virescens)

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Venable Lake

Stone Mountain Park Georgia

Seen in eastern Washington.

Ancistrus

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Thanks Carl Huchzermeyer for ID.

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A pair of NS widecabs have the honors on a long eastbound CP grain train. The Midway yard power is heading over to Union Yard to bring over a cut of stacks back to the Midway side.

American White Pelican with a large catfish in its pouch.

040608 for flickr group " What Have You DONE To Your Cat?!" Challenge 34

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Between Main Street and Fairview Avenue in Downers Grove, Illinois, Metra F40PH 105 smokes away with an inbound commuter, while "Winnebago" 198 leads an outbound, keeping pace with an empty, NS-powered PRB coal train.

September 2007, Lucas County, Ohio

Bristle-nose Catfish in our aquarium

Puerto Galera, Philippines

Rennie Park (West end Toronto).

Used my new lens!

70-200 4L IS USM

Corydora catfish :)