Photo Snack Snail by Katrin Andreyeff

your vote

Voting is allowed only for registered users, you need log in.

info

photo:

Snack Snail

photographer:

Katrin Andreyeff add to favorites

section:

+ discussion

categories:

nature, genre

tags:

wild animals

album(s):

For the birds :)

notes:

Birds again :)
Here is quite unusual bird called Limpkin.
The Limpkin's bill is uniquely adapted to foraging on apple snails. The closed bill has a gap just before the tip that makes the bill act like tweezers.

The tip itself is often curved slightly to the right so it can be slipped into the right-handed chamber of the snail.
Shot from the boat, hand-held.

Canon 10D with Canon EF 100-400/4.5-5.6 L IS USM at 400 mm, ISO 100, F/5.6, 1/250s, crop factor 50%.

"Crooked tree" wildlife refuge, Belize, Central America.

published:

mon 9 Jan 2006 02:59

equipment:

digital camera Canon EOS 10D
lens Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

permanent link:

https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/248336/