Sometimes an event’s distance and rapidity make for low-quality, yet interesting images. This merganser swallowing a fish certainly qualifies.
It is fun to see a merganser eat a fish anytime, but this one seemed unconscionably large for the bird.
Stuffing the fish down its gullet proved difficult, so the merganser pushed it in with its toes. I had not seen this behaviour before.
Wow, that is a great catch, both for you and the duck. Keep up the great work as usual, I look forward to every post.
Bob
hi Alistair
Watched a pbs Nature program on nests/homes the other night about how these ducks nest. Remarkable images of the little ducklings taking flight from the cavity high above the forest floor. Your shots belong in that program. Highly recommend it.
Hard to see the feet action from my angle here in Montreal.
Doug, poutine will do that to you.
What kind of fish was that..do you know?
Brian, possibly a sucker.