Volitan Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Just noticed this subforum for the first time. I thought it would be interesting to look through some old photos to see if Id taken some of birds in the act of catching fish. All these photos taken on the Central Coast, mostly just across the road from our house. First up is an osprey family. These ones are from the northern end of Central Coast. As far as I could work out, it takes an adult about 5-10mins avg hunting time to catch a fish large enough to justify the flight back to the nest. They really are master fishermen. Fish in photo number one has a bream and photo two has a longtom. I didn't get to see what the third fish was, maybe a happy moments. It was caught in Lake Macquarie too. My apologies about the poor photo quality. I no longer have a desktop, so cant do any postprocessing except simple stuff like cropping. There is some shallow water in front of our house, and there are regularly several species of heron/egret fishing there. They have become quite approachable. The great egret caught a an unusually large prawn for the area, and the white faced heron caught a leatherjacket, strangely in the seagrass bed. It took it to shallow water and, grasping it by the spine, shook it incessantly. I assume it was trying to break the spine off. The other heron is a mangrove heron. Also common around here but a lot shyer, so I haven't got any actual fishing photos yet. And the species I would like the most to catch in the act of fishing is the azure kingfisher. The ones around here are wary and seem to bolt back into bushland when they make a capture. Therefore I only have birds with no fish to show. Hope you like cheers V. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Great pics mate, especially of the kingfishers, they don't tend to hang about to long posing for shots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I'm very keen on photos and these ones are fantastic. They capture nature at its best. Well done Volitan and thanks for sharing them with us. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullatt Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Absolutely awesome photos mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Top photos look so good mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Thanks @Volitan for sharing. Anglers are so lucky to see beautiful nature around as they fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hill373737 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Great photos, thanks for sharing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Great photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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