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When Dord posted a picture of a yellow warbler with a caterpillar in its beak I thought of a theme that I could add to.  Lunch.  Hope to see some interesting morsels.  This is an Abert's Towhee.   

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Here's another Yellow warbler with some lunch.

 

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Palm Warbler with what looks to be a mosquito.  I hope he sticks around and catches a few more! 

 

Osprey with his catch of the day.  Yummy!

 

This is one of those "almost" shots.  If I'd only been a bit more careful with the focus...

Anyway it's a juvi Little Blue Heron with what looks to be some kind of amphibian appetizer...

 

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IM: oldguyrich

Ha ha ha!  What an awesome shot, Birdseye!  Is the Pelican after the fish or the Cormorant? 

the cormarant sits by the pelican til he catches something, and then grabs it out of his mouth and takes off...they seem to pair up all summer long- 1 pelican and 1 cormarant, side by side.. this one, and it's mate, actually chased the cormarant around the lake for  over 5 minutes trying to get his luch back until they gave up...

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IM: oldguyrich

Yeah, same thing happens around here with Gulls and Brown Pelicans by the piers and boat ramps, although it's not quite so organized.  Often it's multiple Pelicans and multiple Gulls in one big squabble.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7khLaNvltNZtgJ7Uh3VLEA?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/e1r4y8A95MiBYUp_NktLXg?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xHfoyCWFE445HO6kto8gow?feat=directlink

 

 

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I just took a lot of great pictures for this theme!

And while not strictly a bird....

 

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Not a great picture, but we had lots of locusts last Summer, and the birds certainly knew how to make the best of the situation. ;]

And every hard-earned lunch deserves some water to go with. :P

A little bone with your fish?

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