Thursday, 4th February 2010
A Throatful
by Linn Smith
The Cormorant is a fish-eating bird swallowing the catch head first. This Cormorant was observed consuming a large find on Lake Jessup located in Seminole County, Florida.
Equipment: Canon EOS 5D
Linn Smith
A Throatful by Linn Smith was photo of the day on Thursday, 4th February 2010. It is tagged Birds. You can leave a comment below.
16 Comments
mike
He looks like a big bird.
paul whitton
nice timing, right place right time! well done.
Ron Willson
Nice shot. Interesting detail. FYI, from the look of the black and white mottle of the fish and its outline in the cormorant’s throat, it is probably a crappie.
Darren
The neck down of the bird looks like a fish, Lol.
Anurag
Great, one can see the entire outline of the fish.
Nico De Pasquale
such amazing capture!
Wanda Krack
Great details in that image! Love the eye color.
renee
great shot.
Pauline Jones
Lovely Shot; well done.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Good catch for you both! Congrats.
Grete
Superb detail, captured at the exact moment! congratulations and Greetings
Malta Photography
Caught at the right moment.
Very clear vivid shot indeed a nice capture.
planet lover
That throat must be very elastic to accomodate such a big catch… Great picture! Thanks to Ron for your comment: without it I would have missed the best part!
Ellen Empson
Wonderful! Great focus on the eye!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
This is a great shot of typical cormorant behavior. I believe they used to be used for fishing in Japan–fishermen would tie a long cord around the bird’s throat, then allow the bird to dive and fish. The cormorant could eat all the small fish it desired, but when the bird came up with something too big to swallow due to the cord, the fisherman got lunch! Great potd!
su
This is such a capture, well done.