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Battle Royal

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Posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 12, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Battle Royal
This was a battle that the mud eel was bound to lose, but the great blue heron doesn't look like a happy camper either.
Posted by Leann Greene on February 13, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Oh geez that's cool. Too bad about the heron's feet not being in the frame.
Posted by Lance Warley on February 13, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Yea, once the herons and egrets get ahold of something, they do not want to let go.

Great title.
Posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 13, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Leann, here is my thought process on the GBH feet in this photo: the story is the battle. Everyone knows the heron has feet, but hardly anyone has seen a heron taking licks from a mud eel. If anything, I probably should have cropped the other way, and just focused on the head and maybe the neck. But I liked the detail on the body a little too much to let it go. :cool:
Posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 13, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Like so:
Posted by Troup Nightingale on February 13, 2009 at 11:09 PM
The fight must have been fun to watch. Behind my backyard in the marsh, I watched a GBH give fight to a flounder that was eating size (for a HUMAN!!!). He tried everything he could for over an hour to get him in his throat. He finally dropped it for the last time, made a horrible noise and left! Too bad my fight was too far away for any of my lenses.
Posted by Richard Bernabe on February 17, 2009 at 7:54 AM
I like the unobstructed view of the second image, Philip. Looks like quite the battle!