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Union Pacific grain empty departs Salt Lake City, Utah with a Norfolk Southern ES40DC in charge. Symboled the GKKEPC, the train is clattering on Main 3 while curving to enter UP Main 1, crossing to 2, all at CP North Salt Lake.

April 27, 2024 was damp, rainy, and cold afternoon, adding a bit of drama to the cooling and distillation towers at the Big West Oil Refinery on Center Street. April 27, 2024

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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

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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.

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Mallard tries and fails to eat catfish

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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!

CATFISH ...

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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Everytown, USA

catfish

Venable Lake

Stone Mountain Park Georgia

Seen in eastern Washington.

Ancistrus

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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.

alligator eaten stolen catfish off fisherman line

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

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