We love watching birds eat things that look too big for them; never ceases to amaze. This feast went on for a good 20 minutes while the flycatcher relentlessly flung this large moth around. Eventually each wing fell off and the flycatcher got it into a proper angle to swallow it whole. While we're sorry for the moth, we thoroughly enjoyed the show.
Info & pictures of common New Jersey birds: the woodpecker, cardinal, king fisher, warbler, robin, tufted titmouse, finch, mallard, cormorant, baby ducks, grebe, goose, cat bird, sapsucker, northern flicker, chickadee, merganser, hawk, heron, hairy woodpecker & goldfinch plus muskrat, groundhog & beaver. Many photos were taken at Lake Nelson in Piscataway, NJ and others in NJ bird spots: Cape May, the Meadowlands, and Sandy Hook or vacations in Florida, California and the Caribbean.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tobago: Brown-crested Flycatcher feasting on a moth
We love watching birds eat things that look too big for them; never ceases to amaze. This feast went on for a good 20 minutes while the flycatcher relentlessly flung this large moth around. Eventually each wing fell off and the flycatcher got it into a proper angle to swallow it whole. While we're sorry for the moth, we thoroughly enjoyed the show.
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