Yellow-crowned-Night-Heron capturing and consuming a crab

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Nineteen of 39 shots acquired of this behavior are shown. Images have been cropped to show the head, beak, and crab in more detail.

Action observed on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, in August 2022.
Camera: Olympus OM-1. Lens: Olympus 150-400mm f/4.5 TC @ 150mm,
Settings: 1/2000 sec at f/4.5, ISO 250.
Click on the first image in the gallery to see a larger version, and then use the right arrow to view subsequent images at the higher resolution.

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.