{"id":6663,"date":"2015-04-08T06:48:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T10:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2015-04-08T06:58:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T10:58:53","slug":"loon-wins-crab-toss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=6663","title":{"rendered":"Loon wins crab toss!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wpid6661-DSCN1512.jpg?resize=904%2C678\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"678\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Loon, Back Creek, Kennebunk ME<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a Common Loon hunting at the mouth of Back Creek where it meets the Mousam. It has been there for the better part of a week now, patrolling and diving for crabs. I caught it here with a fresh caught crab, doing the crab toss thing to get it aligned for swallowing. I have several other shots in the sequence with the crab in different positions before the bird finally swallowed it. \ud83d\ude42 The image makes me smile&#8230;which I guess shows little sympathy for the crab.<\/p>\n<p>Nikon P900 at 1600mm equivalent field of view. 1\/500th @ ISO 125 @ f6.3. Program with -1\/3EV exposure compensation. 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It has been there for the better part of a week now, patrolling and diving for crabs. I caught it here with a fresh caught crab, doing the crab toss thing to get it aligned for swallowing. 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