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Photographing Pied-billed Grebes With Crayfish – Oh What Fun Can Be Had

By |2021-07-30T04:11:48-06:00December 27th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The funniest photo I took yesterday, the one that made me laugh out loud the hardest, was when a crayfish landed on the Pied-billed Grebe's head after the bird shook it hard.

Pied-billed Grebes With Flying Crayfish – See Food On The Wing

By |2021-07-30T04:13:25-06:00December 21st, 2017|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Three afternoons ago I captured images of not just one flying crayfish in the air but two of them because of the Pied-billed Grebes capturing and consuming the freshwater crustaceans.

Ring-billed Gull with Crayfish in the Snow – Plus Our Crazy Weather in Northern Utah Right Now

By |2017-10-03T06:15:33-06:00January 9th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week while I was photographing birds at the local pond I saw a Ring-billed Gull catch a crayfish at the shoreline then it gobbled it up quickly before the rest of the gulls realized it had food.

American Avocet Devouring a Tiny Crayfish

By |2021-04-29T13:10:54-06:00August 29th, 2016|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was tickled to photograph this American Avocet as it fed but it wasn't until later that I knew it was devouring a tiny crayfish.

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