Feeding frenzy!
- Thread starter Capt. Brian Rhodes
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Stefan Zelei
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Excelent pictures!
Eiders have no manners! On the other hand I guess that what it would like if I had to open a mussel without useing my hands....
Brian,
what kind of camera are you useing?
Stefan
Eiders have no manners! On the other hand I guess that what it would like if I had to open a mussel without useing my hands....
Brian,
what kind of camera are you useing?
Stefan
Capt. Brian Rhodes
Well-known member
Oh, they don't open em', they swallow them whole!
These shots taken with a Canon Mark II N, with a 100-400 L.
These shots taken with a Canon Mark II N, with a 100-400 L.
John Lawrence
Active member
The immature drake is really cool.
Matt_n_Barb
Well-known member
Seeing that mussels are filter feeders and concentrate nasty things like heavy metals....wonder how concentrated that stuff is in the eiders?
Great photos....I have never seen a wild eider, so the pics are great....That is whats happens when you are living in the Intermountain West in the second driest state....no ocean based critters....
Great photos....I have never seen a wild eider, so the pics are great....That is whats happens when you are living in the Intermountain West in the second driest state....no ocean based critters....
Pete McMiller
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Brian,
Nice pics. They jump right off the screen. Here is a pic of the contents of the crop of one of the Eiders Ira and I shot with you in December of 2008. Hard to imagine getting all those down without cutting their throats.
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Nice pics. They jump right off the screen. Here is a pic of the contents of the crop of one of the Eiders Ira and I shot with you in December of 2008. Hard to imagine getting all those down without cutting their throats.
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Capt. Brian Rhodes
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Wow!
They are pretty tough birds for sure!
I was just looking at some old pics from last season the other day. A couple of which you and Ira are in!
Thanks for sharing Pete!
They are pretty tough birds for sure!
I was just looking at some old pics from last season the other day. A couple of which you and Ira are in!
Thanks for sharing Pete!
charlie foulds
Well-known member
Great photos Brian, I gotta get up there...!!!!
poor endangered mussels. Matt I suspect they don't have the problems with contaminants that you have on the GSL except in a few spots like NYC and Boston Harbor. But you are right it can be a problem.
Capt. Brian Rhodes
Well-known member
Thanks guys.
Most the closed or 'contaminanted' shellfish areas around me here in RI are way in the north part of the bay. The eider seem to stay only in the open ocean, but still an interesting thought.
Most the closed or 'contaminanted' shellfish areas around me here in RI are way in the north part of the bay. The eider seem to stay only in the open ocean, but still an interesting thought.