Posts Tagged ‘Crayfish’
Monday, September 10th, 2012
This took a while so I’m not sure these photos show the same crawfish. The baby would keep dropping it and the mother would keep diving to retrieve.

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I guess it all worked out…
Tags: 2012, baby, bay area, big, bird, california, crawdad, crawdaddies, crawfish, Crayfish, feed, feeding, golden gate park, grebe, lobster, mother, pie bill, pie billed, red, San Francisco, Stow lake
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
This giant bird with a wingspan bigger than your outstretched arms has managed to stay well-fed on tiny crawdads in Golden Gate Park.
See? Nom nom nom:

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Hurray!
Tags: 1d, 2.8, 2011, 300mm, bay area, bird, california, canon, crawdad, Crayfish, great blue heron, heron, hunting, San Francisco, Stow lake
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
See?
As seen in the pool below Prayerbook Cross in Golden Gate Park, which is the summit of our annual Bay to Breakers race – no not the Hayes Street Hill, despite what they tell you, year after year.

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Tags: 2011, bay area, bird, california, crane, crawdad, crawfish, Crayfish, great blue, Hayes street hill, heron, San Francisco, sumnmit bay to breakers
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The Great Blue Herons of Golden Gate Park need to mash up their crayfish treats before eating, so sometimes you’ll get to hear a wet splat and then see the guts fly.
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KERSPLATT!
A close up view from an earlier day:

Look out, little crayfish…
Tags: california, crawdads, crawfish, Crayfish, crustacean, freshwater, golden gate park, great blue heron, heron, mudbug, San Francisco, small lobsters, Stow lake, yabbies, yabby
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
This one didn’t end well for the crayfish.

Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
Tags: california, crawdads, crawfish, Crayfish, crustacean, freshwater, golden gate park, great blue heron, heron, mudbug, San Francisco, small lobsters, Stow lake, yabbies, yabby
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