Green Heron At The Shrimp Buffet!
Last night just prior to sunset we were watching this Green Heron hunting at the edge of the salt marsh during low tide.
Normally we would expect to see a greenie to be on the prowl for fish and we did see this one catch a few fish, but fresh shrimp turned out to be the main course on this evening’s menu.
The heron must have plucked out at least a dozen shrimp in the time we were there watching. The action was to get even more interesting as the activity attracted several crabs to the water’s edge.
We could see the crabs lurking just under the green heron, presumably hoping the bird would lose one of the shrimp. At one point the crabs were chasing the bird along the marsh even making a grab at it’s feet in an attempt to distract the bird into dropping a tasty shrimp!
Phil Lanoue Photography 
Wonderful photos of this little beauty! He sure seems to be enjoying his gourmet dinner! (Beats my frozen Shrimp dinner!)
He knew what he was doing for sure and was an expert at catching shrimp!
Thanks Molly. 🙂
Wow! Amazing photos! 🙂
I’m so glad you liked them Sarah and thanks much for looking!
Great light. I realy love the first photo. where were you located, the angle is quite uncoventional?!
Thanks very much for looking and glad you liked that photo!
I was slightly above and to the left of the bird in that picture. The bad thing about this whole series is that the light was dismal and I had to go with high ISO to get anything.
Your photos are so sharp and crisp… Awesome.
Thanks a lot! That was a late evening, poor light, high ISO deal too.