Another One Got Away!

Some of you may remember seeing the post from earlier this week where an anhinga lost it’s fish in a daring mid air escape.

Well this afternoon I was watching this spoonbill fishing in the salt marsh when I saw it catch a fish and the spoonie seemed to have the fish firmly grasped in it’s spatula shaped bill. But then, to both my and the spoonbill’s astonishment, the fish flopped out and dove to freedom!

The spoonbill tried to recapture the fish with a quick lunge and grab, but the fish successfully flew away from spoonie and out of my frame.

The now angry looking pink bird plunged it’s bill back into the water in an attempt to recapture the fish but no luck for spoonie but score one more for a lucky fish!

19 thoughts on “Another One Got Away!”

Meta on September 5, 2014 at 5:07 pm said:

The expressions of the bird in each frame is priceless.

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- Phil Lanoue on September 5, 2014 at 10:05 pm said:
  
  He does look shocked that the fish managed to jump out of his bill! And then looks ticked off in the last shot. 🙂
  
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uthamz on September 5, 2014 at 5:20 pm said:

The expressions wonderfully captured !
Nice story , Phil !

utham

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- Phil Lanoue on September 5, 2014 at 10:06 pm said:
  
  Thanks utham, he really does make some funny faces and was not happy he lost that fish.
  
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Patrizia M. on September 5, 2014 at 6:14 pm said:

Hai colto momenti espressivi della spatola in maniera eccezionale!!
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on September 9, 2014 at 10:58 am said:
  
  Hey Grazie Pat! 🙂
  
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Pat on September 5, 2014 at 7:09 pm said:

Oops!

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- Phil Lanoue on September 5, 2014 at 10:04 pm said:
  
  That was almost this post title. Lol. 🙂
  
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vastlycurious.com on September 6, 2014 at 3:16 pm said:

These are just beautiful Phil. Such a wonderful hue of pink!

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- Phil Lanoue on September 9, 2014 at 10:58 am said:
  
  Thanks a bunch, so glad you liked seeing our pink friend!
  
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  - vastlycurious.com on September 9, 2014 at 3:28 pm said:
    
    THAT PINK!!!!
    
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    - Phil Lanoue on September 10, 2014 at 8:25 pm said:
      
      Gotta love a big pink bird!
      
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      - vastlycurious.com on September 11, 2014 at 11:42 pm said:
        
        OH I DO !!! 🌷
        
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Rolling Harbour on September 6, 2014 at 5:11 pm said:

Another wonderful fishing sequence – love these!

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- Phil Lanoue on September 9, 2014 at 10:59 am said:
  
  I’m so happy you enjoyed seeng these shots, it was the first time I ever saw a spoonbill lose a fish like that!
  
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The Lite Rider on September 8, 2014 at 4:59 pm said:

Oh, his expressioIf he could speak, we know what he’d be saying! Those eyes in the last shot are amazing. Some of the fish have been lucky this week.

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- Phil Lanoue on September 9, 2014 at 11:01 am said:
  
  I was thinking the same thing about the expression on his face and what he had to be thinking. Often when watching birds like this, we will talk for them imagining what we think they would likely say if they could talk. That’s one thing that led me to start this blog, I was trying to give a voice to the animals. 🙂
  Yes indeed, a few fish did get lucky this past week. 🙂
  
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Cowboys and Crossbones on September 10, 2014 at 6:16 pm said:

Slippery little suckers! The spoonies face in the second to last photo is priceless!

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- Phil Lanoue on September 10, 2014 at 8:27 pm said:
  
  Yeah that second pic is my favorite. He has a look on his face like, how the hell did that just happen?!
  
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