Australasian Darter Fishing

[shakyHands]

Today (25/9/22) I saw a female Australasian Darter fishing in the Swan river.


Captured a fish (I think a Perth Herring) - speared on that sharp beak





Tosses it up in the air



Catches it



Tosses again




Another toss



Finally catches it suitably aligned



And its going...



Going....



Gone



All the way down..



Ready to try for another one



Weapons ready...

[MJ224]

Fish for tea then, great series...:-))

[shakyHands]

Not as spectacular as Osprey catching fish, but the end result is the same - dinner!

[davcoll]

Terrific sequence, great stuff.

Dave

[shakyHands]

Thanks Dave

[Lez325]

Cracking series - I cannot fault any of them

Les

[shakyHands]

Thanks Les, all down to the benefits of the OM-1, pro-capture, DXO deep-prime and a bird conveniently popping up.
Ed

[Melaka]

Great photos. It's interesting how some birds spear fish whilst others just catch and swallow, perhaps after bashing them on something.

[shakyHands]

I had assumed it would have been a biting action with some kind of serration in the beak for grip, so I learned something taking these. This and another darter I saw submerging today slightly open their beaks when they submerge, presumably to prepare them for spearing like a 2 pronged fork.

Ed