Thank you all for looking and your appreciative comments. While limpkins prefer apple snails, they will eat other snails and definitely fresh water mussels. I saw and photographed the mussel that supplied the meat in this photo. They also eat a relatively small amount of other things.
Early morning flight was captured at Harn's Marsh, which is east of Fort Myers. The pelican was captured in the Naples area. Gear was a Nikon Z8 and a 180-600 lens.
Thank you all for looking and your appreciative comments. We are in Naples for awhile, and I will be posting more images. Please let me know what you think, and feel free to offer any suggestions.
Really nice, I look forward to the next one. If you're not aware of him, Frank Frazetta is usually considered the godfather of fantasy art. Google him and check it out.