GBH has fish for lunch....tilapia? Fish ID help needed.
Jan 23, 2014 09:27:51 #
This Great Blue Heron caught a nice fish for lunch. I think the fish is a tilapia. Can anyone help identify this Florida fresh water fish?
Jan 23, 2014 09:33:48 #
Jan 23, 2014 09:40:54 #
Sunfish 33 wrote:
This Great Blue Heron caught a nice fish for lunch. I think the fish is a tilapia. Can anyone help identify this Florida fresh water fish?
Outstanding images...may I ask what equipment was used and how close you were to the bird?
Looks like a tilapia to me...again, awesome captures.... :thumbup:
Jan 23, 2014 09:42:36 #
Sunfish 33 wrote:
This Great Blue Heron caught a nice fish for lunch. I think the fish is a tilapia. Can anyone help identify this Florida fresh water fish?
Nice shot! Looks like a tilapia to me. Our condo assoc. stocked our ponds with tilapia and a special type of carp to keep the algae and grasses down. Our resident GBH will only eat the tilapia.
Jan 23, 2014 09:47:43 #
Jan 23, 2014 09:49:53 #
Wow - what a meal! Did the heron manage to eat it?
As for ID, the fish does not look like the shrink-wrapped tilapia fillets in my freezer :)
As for ID, the fish does not look like the shrink-wrapped tilapia fillets in my freezer :)
Jan 23, 2014 09:54:20 #
hb3 wrote:
Outstanding images...may I ask what equipment was used and how close you were to the bird?
Looks like a tilapia to me...again, awesome captures.... :thumbup:
Looks like a tilapia to me...again, awesome captures.... :thumbup:
Thanks hb3! I used the Canon 7D, Sigma 150-500, on a tripod (for a change) probably 50 feet from me. I shot it at 340mm.
Jan 23, 2014 09:55:29 #
Elliern wrote:
Nice shot! Looks like a tilapia to me. Our condo assoc. stocked our ponds with tilapia and a special type of carp to keep the algae and grasses down. Our resident GBH will only eat the tilapia.
Thanks Elliern! I appreciate it....tilapia it is.
Jan 23, 2014 10:01:24 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Wow - what a meal! Did the heron manage to eat it?
As for ID, the fish does not look like the shrink-wrapped tilapia fillets in my freezer :)
As for ID, the fish does not look like the shrink-wrapped tilapia fillets in my freezer :)
Hi Linda. I'm glad you asked that question. This was the first time I have ever seen a GBH turn down a meal. He played with it for a long time. I was sure he was going to gulp it down but after several attempts at swallowing it he simply laid it down and walked away.
BTW....it doesn't look like any tilapia I've had on my plate either. :)
Jan 23, 2014 10:53:26 #
Jan 23, 2014 11:13:07 #
Jamers
Loc: Michigan
I am impressed on how the fish was speared by the peak, was not aware of the force of those birds. If it is a Tilapia, hope it is not from China, recently read alarming news about the unsanitary conditions those fish are raised in China, then sent to other countries to eat.
Jan 23, 2014 11:19:20 #
Jan 23, 2014 11:57:15 #
Sunfish 33 wrote:
Hi Linda. I'm glad you asked that question. This was the first time I have ever seen a GBH turn down a meal. He played with it for a long time. I was sure he was going to gulp it down but after several attempts at swallowing it he simply laid it down and walked away.
BTW....it doesn't look like any tilapia I've had on my plate either. :)
BTW....it doesn't look like any tilapia I've had on my plate either. :)
Thanks for the follow-up. I've read that they can choke to death on too-large meals.
Jan 23, 2014 12:20:23 #
Jan 23, 2014 12:28:24 #
Jamers wrote:
I am impressed on how the fish was speared by the peak, was not aware of the force of those birds. If it is a Tilapia, hope it is not from China, recently read alarming news about the unsanitary conditions those fish are raised in China, then sent to other countries to eat.
They use their beaks like a spear with surprising speed and force. Thanks for commenting!
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