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While on a small boat off the coast of Swakopmund, Namibia, a crew member threw fish to pelicans. Gulls also swooped in to try to grab the flying fish. I climbed up on the boat to frame the ocean surface as a less distracting background, and tried to time my shutter release to the split second when a pelican opened its bill to catch a fish. The action in this image happened so fast that I didn't see which bird caught this fish.
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Flying Birds and Fish
Photographer: Bill Sisson
Bill Sisson | Mar 8, 2017
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Filed Under: Picture This: Birds
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