The Fishing Crow. Berkswell, Coventry.

[NannyFerret]

A lucky day at Lavender Fishing Lakes and continuous shooting mode got me this sequence of a crow fishing for his dinner.
A man who was fishing on the lake said that he had never seen this happen in all the years that he had been fishing there.
I was only telling Fuji about it the other day and he said that I should post the pics. I had forgotten until I was scouting through my Photobucket albums for something else when I came upon them
They could have been sharper and more close, but it I had to quickly change the camera mode and grab the shots.
I surprised myself as I am not usually very quick on the draw.
These shots were from two or three years back and I can't even remember which camera I was using.
I emailed the pics to the people who run the place and they were really pleased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Terry]

Thats a great sequence Tina.Clever birds Crows. 

[NannyFerret]

Thanks, Terry. I think he must have learnt from the seagulls that are usually there.

They aren't very big as I had to crop quite a bit.

[bugmeister]

Good grief, if you didn't have the pictures, I doubt if many people would believe that crows were capable of this.

 

Very well seen and caught, an excellent sequence

[Ian]

Well that's a new one on me I never knew they did that  , wall caught and thanks for sharing  

[JohnP]

I've done lots of fishing in my time and this is a first for me... well caught Tina.

[Barbara]

Well done Tina What a super set and something as rare as hens teeth

[NannyFerret]

Thanks everyone. I think it It was a once in a lifetime opportunity

[FUJI]

Tina ....I really think that you should send this to an official Bird Watching forum or site.....you may have recorded some unique crow behaviour:

 

FUJI

[Leon]

very nice!!!  and LUCKY!

[NannyFerret]

Someone told me to send it to Country file which I did, Fuji. They emailed back to ask for details etc, but I never heard any more, so I guess it wasn't used.

I did read somewhere that crows sometimes fished, although I gathered that it didn't often happen.
I was just happy to get the shot and even happier that the continuous shooting mode worked well for me as I hadn't used it before.

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[NannyFerret]

very nice!!!  and LUCKY!

I think it was a fluke. lol.