Bart_van_der_Wolf
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Heron with an appetite WARNING: Not for the gentle hearted!
Although I have to admit that I didn't shoot the following pictures myself, I thought they are worthwhile enough to point them out.:
I was confronted with the following in a regional Dutch newspaper:
http://www.ad.nl/eceRedirect?articleId=386821
Note: the link is broken, and doesn't lead to the original article/image anymore.
The translation goes something like this:
How a heron captures a rabbit.
Vianen - That blue herons eat frogs, molls and rats is known, but the
bird also seems to know its way with small rabbits.
Photographer Ad Sprang from Vianen saw, on Monday June 5th, how the
heron sneaked upon a young rabbit. When within striking range, it
struck and caught the little ball of fur by one ear. The heron flew
away with the shrieking and struggling rabbit hanging by its ear from
the dagger shaped beak. The heron landed some 50 metres away along
side the ditch. After drowning it, the heron swallowed the rabbit in
whole.
After looking for some more background, I found a few more images of the action as published by the original photographer:
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62646&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62945&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=63293&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=63294&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
Looking at the photographer's comments, he used an EOS-20D with an
EF-500mm f/4 IS . He used ISO 200, 1/320 sec, f/7.1 with EV -2/3
correction. It was a sequence shot on a bean (rice) bag, from his car.
He was so close that the entire bird didn't fit into the first frames so he cropped them more square, but the later, more distant, pixs fit the full bird into the frame.
Bart
Clarification after Sean's fine post below: I love this post, it is a good find. I discovered the excellent the Dutch sites for stunning bird photography!
Although I have to admit that I didn't shoot the following pictures myself, I thought they are worthwhile enough to point them out.:
I was confronted with the following in a regional Dutch newspaper:
http://www.ad.nl/eceRedirect?articleId=386821
Note: the link is broken, and doesn't lead to the original article/image anymore.
The translation goes something like this:
How a heron captures a rabbit.
Vianen - That blue herons eat frogs, molls and rats is known, but the
bird also seems to know its way with small rabbits.
Photographer Ad Sprang from Vianen saw, on Monday June 5th, how the
heron sneaked upon a young rabbit. When within striking range, it
struck and caught the little ball of fur by one ear. The heron flew
away with the shrieking and struggling rabbit hanging by its ear from
the dagger shaped beak. The heron landed some 50 metres away along
side the ditch. After drowning it, the heron swallowed the rabbit in
whole.
After looking for some more background, I found a few more images of the action as published by the original photographer:
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62646&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62945&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=63293&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=63294&sid=3c0cc12b0db026b01536ae1c3ddc1ba3
Looking at the photographer's comments, he used an EOS-20D with an
EF-500mm f/4 IS . He used ISO 200, 1/320 sec, f/7.1 with EV -2/3
correction. It was a sequence shot on a bean (rice) bag, from his car.
He was so close that the entire bird didn't fit into the first frames so he cropped them more square, but the later, more distant, pixs fit the full bird into the frame.
Bart
Clarification after Sean's fine post below: I love this post, it is a good find. I discovered the excellent the Dutch sites for stunning bird photography!
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