Working For Your Breakfast
It’s a rough morning when you have to struggle with your own breakfast.
This egret plucked a fresh and feisty eel out of the salt marsh this morning and it took him a good ten minutes to wrangle the wriggling snack down. But the hard work paid off and he did eventually manage just fine.
Although, I expect that eel has to be alive for a little while anyway in the bird’s stomach which must be an odd feeling.
Phil Lanoue Photography 
Excellent set, Phil!. Thanks!
Another amazing Egret shot from you ~
Nice captures. That is a small eel. I’ve only seen big ones here in New Zealand.
Not sure I’d want something wriggling like that down my gullet. Good thing I’m not an Egret.
Imagine being that eel.
The egret certainly deserved the eel after all that effort! I think I’d rather not think about it wriggling its way down, though …….!
Oh interesting capture here too! So the poor eel is gulped down that long neck alive as dinner really? I wonder, does the prey stand any slim chance of escaping the stomach if eaten in that condition or can the bird digest it bones and all really?!