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The Big Gulp. Have you ever tried to consume an entire meal in a single swallow? Me neither, but for a Great Egret, that’s just business as usual.
My buddy Eric and I were fortunate enough to catch this discriminating gourmand in the act of seizing and scarfing its breakfast – a sizable rainbow trout - at the Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery (Page Springs, Arizona). The bird was amazingly tolerant of us – it ignored our approach, being instead totally engrossed...
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My buddy Eric and I were fortunate enough to catch this discriminating gourmand in the act of seizing and scarfing its breakfast – a sizable rainbow trout - at the Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery (Page Springs, Arizona). The bird was amazingly tolerant of us – it ignored our approach, being instead totally engrossed...
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