Common Eider with Sea Urchin


Posted by Axel Hildebrandt on Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:37 pm

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This female Eider was trying to eat a sea urchin and eventually succeeded. Photographed at the Rhode Island shore, please click on image for a larger view.
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by david fletcher on Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:17 pm
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Nice feeding shot Axel. That just does not look an easy feed....
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by peter makuch on Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:47 pm
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rough seas but I like the capture, swell stuff AXEL.
 

by Karl Egressy on Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:30 pm
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Excellent action shot captured.
 

by paul fletcher on Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:48 pm
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Great image, Axel- very unique.
 

by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:58 am
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Excellent behaviour capture and quite a unique sighting Axel! I know several species eat them - but seeing them do it is something else!

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