Little Blue Heron catches crawfish

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Saw this heron at a rookery in Louisiana. He/she was hunting crawfish and finally came up with one. Then beat it into submission.

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Canon R7, 400mm f4 DO IS II, 1.4x extender III
ISO 4000, f5.6, 1/1250s, hand held

Processed in DXO PureRaw 3 and Photoshop.

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Excellent detail and overall great look at the heron. The setting is pleasant as well and having the crawdad is a nice bonus.

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Beautiful shot, Allen, with some interesting natural history. These birds aren’t really equipped for tearing a critter apart and it’s hard to visualize swallowing something like this whole. It doesn’t look like it would go down easily. I also didn’t realize that Little Blue Herons could have this reddish head.

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Another great set from your swamp tour Allen. The crawfish is a great bonus feature in these. Nice work.