Fresh Crab For Dinner!
Earlier this week we watched a white ibis patrolling around in the salt marsh during low tide in search of a meal.
It wasn’t long before the ibis spotted a blue crab which it immediately plucked out of the marsh mud.
The ibis marched back and forth with it’s catch for a bit making sure no other birds had noticed the activity.
There had been a great blue heron in the area a little earlier, and that much larger bird would most likely have taken a shot at stealing the crab from the ibis if it had a chance!
Finally though, the ibis settled down and proceeded to eat and enjoy it’s fresh caught crab dinner.
Phil Lanoue Photography 
These are amazing! The mud all over her really make these amusing photos as well!
Yeah thanks a lot Molly! We call them “muddy Ibis”, in fact it’s tough to get a photo of a clean one. 🙂
Excelent, Phil. 🙂
I appreciate it Mike!
Great catch! Did he eat that thing with mud all over it? I’m sure it was yummy.
Great catch! Did he eat that thing all covered in mud?
Thanks Dina and yes he sure did eat pretty much the entire crab mud and all. 🙂
Although we often do see many of the wading birds wash off their catch before eating it.
Amazing!
Thanks for checking out the pics!
Full caught feeding class
Thank you very much Kerstin! Happy to see you!