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Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19411728
got a hawk on the light pole in the front yard this morning.
Canon R7 Canon 400mm 5.6L

Nice sharp images!

clipper_from_oz wrote in post #19411807
Another darter catching dinner

Excellent capture!

Time waits for no one!

Young Kestrel hunting for mice from a fencepost.
After a few dive bombs into the grass with no success he left for a better hunting ground.

Taken with an R7

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm • 1/1000 • f/5.6 • ISO 500

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Steve

great egret eating

Canon EOS R5 • Canon EF 400mm F4 DO IS II USM @560mm • 1/1600 • f/5.6 • ISO 160

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ef 200mm 2.8 ver.1/sigma 100-300mm F4 /yn468 speedlight/canon 1.4 tc

green heron hunting

Canon EOS R5 • Canon EF 400mm F4 DO IS II USM @800mm • 1/2500 • f/10 • ISO 3200

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ef 200mm 2.8 ver.1/sigma 100-300mm F4 /yn468 speedlight/canon 1.4 tc

I had no idea robins would kill & eat shrews!

Canon EOS 90D • Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM @232mm • 1/800 • f/9 • ISO 400

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Canon EOS 90D • Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM @232mm • 1/800 • f/9 • ISO 400

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Jaci

Canon 90D, 100mm f/2.8 macro, Canon 70-300 IS II USM, 55-250 IS, 50mm f/1.8, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, 430EX, Raynox DCR 150

smallpotatoes wrote in post #19412419
I had no idea robins would kill & eat shrews!

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I also never knew that or would have known! I would have thought there is no way they could eat anything that large!!

Charles
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smallpotatoes wrote in post #19412419
I had no idea robins would kill & eat shrews!

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It doesn't seem possible he would/could eat that. They're earthworm and fruit eaters. Maybe just picking at it. Great capture anyway!

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Canon EOS 1D Mark IV • Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM @800mm • 1/60 • f/5.6 • ISO 1250

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Indigo-banded kingfisher (Ceyx cyanopectus) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

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sogs wrote in post #19412835
It doesn't seem possible he would/could eat that. They're earthworm and fruit eaters. Maybe just picking at it. Great capture anyway!

I have some other pictures (that didn't come out well) of him slamming it to the ground & shaking it. And about a week prior, I watched a juvenile robin do the same with a small frog or toad.

I was surprised, so I looked it up at All About Birds & this is what they say:

American Robins eat large numbers of both invertebrates and fruit. Particularly in spring and summer they eat large numbers of earthworms as well as insects and some snails. (They have rarely been recorded eating shrews, small snakes, and aquatic insects.)

Oh, and thank you!!

Jaci

Canon 90D, 100mm f/2.8 macro, Canon 70-300 IS II USM, 55-250 IS, 50mm f/1.8, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, 430EX, Raynox DCR 150

dolina wrote in post #19412898

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Indigo-banded kingfisher (Ceyx cyanopectus) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

WOW! That is one HUGE FAT beak for such a tiny body!!!

Charles
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Inspeqtor wrote in post #19412963
WOW! That is one HUGE FAT beak for such a tiny body!!!

He's enjoying his fat cigar.

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Lesser Yellowlegs

Taken with R7

Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary @562mm • 1/2000 • f/6.3 • ISO 800

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Steve

great blue heron

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 @600mm • 1/1000 • f/6.3 • ISO 640

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Canon EOS 1D Mark IV • 1/500 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

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Immature Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

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