American Bittern Eating Cajun

Posted by Juan A. Pons on Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:59 pm

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

Same bittern that captured this incredible crawfish. We watched this guy for an hour hunting and our patience was greatly rewarded. I wish he was looking a little more into the camera, but as soon as he got the crayfish he just turned away from us.

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by mcameron on Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:16 pm

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Nice catch! I enjoyed meeting you at the BBSP outing, as well as watching and photographing this bird. Unfortunately, most of my "action" shots have the bird turned further away from me. The size of the crayfish still amazes me. . .

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by Bill Whala on Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:54 pm

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I wish someone would have had a motion picture camera for this one.

These are incredible images. Congratulations!!

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by AForns on Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:59 pm

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Great image…… you can tell that crawfish is fighting for his life!!!

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by abiggs on Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:35 pm

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Great shot!

It was great meeting you at the Friday night dinner last weekend. Too bad I couldn't shoot with y'all, however.

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by Jim Neely on Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:50 pm

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Very nice, Juan.

You guys must have watched a different feeding sequence than I did. I thought the crawfish I shot was pretty good sized, but he sure wasn't lobster sized.

Enjoyed meeting you and trying to follow you down 59.

(I know when I'm out of my league driving in Houston traffic.)

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by Laura Stiefel on Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:04 pm

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Awesome catch for you both!

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by Jill on Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:23 pm

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Juan, This is a positively splendid image!!! Details abound and pop from the BG. Fantastic capture!!!

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:19 pm

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Juan, beside the great subject and amazing Crawdad, the exposure and saturation on this is great.

I enjoyed our time together this weekend. Glad to finally meet you.

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by fredcor on Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:24 am

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Just one shot for me would make me extremely happy. You have a terrific series of this event.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:56 am

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A wonderful shot, Juan. The action is outstanding.

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by AlexC on Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:04 pm

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Juan, killer in every respect, love the fresh water prawn, what a meal, I would have fight the bittern for that morsel!!, Congrats!!!

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