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Don't play with your food...

By Scottishlandscapes  
Scottishlandscapes
...I was convinced the Crab was going to win, he became lunch for the persistent Curlew on the beach infant of my cottage, Taken at the long end of my 100-400mm lens and still too short.

Tags: Western isles Harris Crabs Landscape and travel Curlews Seilebost Birds wildlife nature


Uploaded:
23 Apr 2019 5:07AM
Camera:
Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:
Sony 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
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Comments


woolybill1 Plus
15 38 78 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 7:39AM
Hilarious, Dougie - a feast for the eyes as well as for the curlew!
Regards
Bill
mrswoolybill Plus
15 3.2k 2519 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 7:50AM
If at first you don't succeed...
Ted447 Plus
9 216 1 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 8:05AM
Well caught. Ted. GrinGrin
viscostatic 15 50 11 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 8:42AM
Excellent Dougie. I always wondered what curlews ate with beaks like that. Now I know.

Phil.
Scottishlandscapes Plus
17 74 36 Scotland
23 Apr 2019 8:46AM

Quote:I always wondered what curlews ate with beaks like that. Now I know.


I understand they eat sand worms and have seen them pull them out of the sand,

Dougie
whatriveristhis Plus
9 658 192 England
23 Apr 2019 9:55AM
A delightful sequence... for all but the crab.
Mollycat Plus
8 21 2 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 12:00PM
Beautifully worked sequence Dougie, though I prefer my crabs dressed.
Peter
Monochrome2004 Plus
7 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 3:32PM
Nevertheless it’s a Superb image those wickedly curved bills ferret out anything and at the end of the
day they have to eat too.

Carole
saltireblue Plus
12 12.9k 82 Norway
23 Apr 2019 4:44PM
A new version of the early bird catching the worm!
Lillian Plus
12 23 17 United Kingdom
23 Apr 2019 8:50PM
Dougie... brilliant!
Scottishlandscapes Plus
17 74 36 Scotland
24 Apr 2019 12:36AM
Thanks Lillian I was hoping you would like them,

Dougie.

MalcolmM Plus
16 2.0k 5 Scotland
24 Apr 2019 8:42AM
Interesting & well observed, well put together sequence

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