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Unless the prey is quite large (e.g. over twelve inches in length) and has to be taken ashore to eat

Unless the prey is quite large (e.g. over twelve inches in length) and has to be taken ashore to eat

prey are eaten on the surface of the water.

prey are eaten on the surface of the water.

By Mike Bottini on Jan 21, 2009
On a crisp, cool afternoon last month, wildlife photographer Robert Sendlein was “shooting” waterfowl at the Nature Conservancy’s St. John’s Pond in Oyster Bay when he noticed something surface in... more

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