The Noon Flight

The anhinga mid day flight arrived at the marsh yesterday afternoon right on time. He was able to get in some fishing, but not as much as he would have liked because several alligators (including this lurker) were already set up at the best spots.

A bird such as an anhinga that fishes by swimming very fast under the water has to be careful of what he might bump into out there!

18 thoughts on “The Noon Flight”

Victor Rakmil on May 25, 2014 at 2:18 pm said:

As usual impeccable photography!

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2014 at 2:30 pm said:
  
  I greatly appreciate that, thank you!
  
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Lyle Krahn on May 25, 2014 at 2:31 pm said:

And those lurkers have sinister eyes – great shots. I turned into an accidental lurker once. I was sitting in my kayak watching the beavers swim around. One beaver started swimming toward me and didn’t seem to notice the red kayak. He banged into the kayak with a thud, slapped his tail and completely drenched me. My wife thot this particularly funny.

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2014 at 3:45 pm said:
  
  I’m surprised to hear the beaver was so ill mannered, they have a lot of nerve. I’ve had an alligator bang his head down against the water at me but you kind of expect that from them as they can be rather impulsive. Nice that your wife got a laugh out of you getting drenched by the smart aleck beaver, I suspect Alyce’s reaction would be similar.
  
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- anotherday2paradise on May 25, 2014 at 10:09 pm said:
  
  😆
  
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Sophie L. on May 25, 2014 at 2:43 pm said:

Wonderful set another time Phil 🙂
Have a great day

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2014 at 3:45 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much Sophie, so glad you liked these!
  
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Gunta on May 25, 2014 at 3:25 pm said:

Not something you’d want to bump into accidentally. Lyle’s little story cracked me up, too! You two are a barrel of laughs!

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2014 at 3:47 pm said:
  
  Until I heard Lyle’s story I never knew beavers had such rotten attitudes. 🙂 I guess they are not like the cartoon characters either.
  
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  - Gunta on May 25, 2014 at 3:50 pm said:
    
    Rotten attitudes or poor navigational skills.
    
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Patrizia M. on May 25, 2014 at 3:58 pm said:

Ormai so benissimo che sei più che bravo, molto molto di più, eppure ogni volta mi lasci senza fiato con i tuoi scatti.
Wowwww, complimenti!!
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2014 at 7:25 pm said:
  
  Hey Grazie Pat!
  
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Pat on May 25, 2014 at 7:07 pm said:

Fabulous photos.

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2014 at 7:26 pm said:
  
  Thanks for checking them out and glad you liked ’em.
  
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anotherday2paradise on May 25, 2014 at 10:10 pm said:

Superb shots, Phil.

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foxleylady on May 26, 2014 at 6:15 am said:

He needs the warning like the one in Hill Street Blues “Be careful out there!”

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The Dancing Rider on May 26, 2014 at 3:49 pm said:

Streamlined and beautiful! I can see that would work so well for underwater fishing!

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Scott Marshall on May 28, 2014 at 7:12 pm said:

I don’t believe I have seen an aerial shot of a commorant or shag before very ungainly in the air considering how good swimmers they are.

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