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Cecille Kennedy
Sijota Creek, Oregon
11/05/2023
11:55 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon P1000 handheld

Post-processing Details:

None. Crop, labeled and dated in Photoshop, that's all

Image Details:

A Great Egret that has a small fish in its bill. One cannot miss him because of his large size, white plumage. long yellow orange bill and long black legs like stilts,
He was hunting at the muddy edge of the creek, and he just caught the small fish in the photo. He would swallow the fish head first, so the scales and the fins will not hurt his esophagus, the fish will simply slide down whole.