Post your Birds "Hunting, Stalking, Eating" shots here....

[edmidlifecrisis]

A small meal but better than nothing by Ed Spenser, on Flickr

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

Gorging by Ed Spenser, on Flickr

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

A grey wagtail with something he found... which he is quite welcome to... whatever it is!

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

A male siskin on a woodland feeder...

 

[Gene Spearman]

Red Shouldered Hawk, Greenville, SC USA

 

[Cliff Hilbert]

Red Shouldered Hawk

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Great shot, Gene!

 

[pegelli]

Gotcha: poor froggy, the heron's gain is his loss (or as they say in Dutch "de een zijn brood is de ander zijn dood")


A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD

 

[ShipleyNW]

 

[West Coast Birder]

_R7_9706-Enhanced-NR by Cascadia Images, on Flickr

Canon EOS R7 | RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM | ƒ/7.1 | 472.0 mm | 1/8000s | ISO 800 ​

 

[Gene Spearman]

Great shot, Gene!

Thank you, Cliff.

 

[Trout Bum]

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

Male bullfinch, munching buds - which they seem to spend almost all their time doing...

 

[Pippan]

Pied Heron, Egretta picata, with Spangled Grunter, Leiopotherapon unicolor, at Fogg Dam, northern Australia, April 2025.

 

[realairlight]

Pied Heron, Egretta picata, with Spangled Grunter, Leiopotherapon unicolor, at Fogg Dam, northern Australia, April 2025.View attachment 153225

Super!

 

[realairlight]

What’s that in its beak?
If you look closely, there’s a thread-like object in the kingfisher’s mostly open bill. That’s not its tongue—it's attached to something peanut-shaped that the bird had swallowed. I initially wondered if it was a fishing line, but there’s a droplet at the end, which makes me think otherwise. Could it be a fish bone? Whatever it was, the kingfisher eventually vomited it out and tossed it away.

The last image is a composite of 8 shots showing the moment with the 'peanut' still in place."
1.

Above: Common kingfisher ( #1D9N) by Real, on Flickr

2.

Above: Common kingfisher ( #PG6F) by Real, on Flickr

3.

Above: Common kingfisher ( #XX3U) by Real, on Flickr

4.
Above: Common kingfisher ( #MCY7) by Real, on Flickr

 

[sparker1]

Male Gila Woodpecker at a feeder, Arizona.

 

[Trout Bum]

American kestrel making off with the goods…

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

Goldfinch, munching on tree blossoms...

Greenfinch in on the act...

 

[Pippan]

Juvenile Pied Heron, Egretta picata, with lunch at Fogg Dam, northern Australia, yesterday.

 

[realairlight]

1. A splash
A splash ( #7LJ3) by Real, on Flickr

2. A fish.

Above: Mayan cichlid ( #3FZW) by Real, on Flickr

3. A catch.

Above: Stork-billed Kingfisher ( #6FST) by Real, on Flickr

4. A meal.

Above: Stork-billed Kingfisher ( #9JVB) by Real, on Flickr