<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Eric, that’s the sort of stuff that makes it worth keeping Tweeters alive. Those are fabulous videos, and I had no idea a merganser could swallow a fish that large. Could you tell us where on Lake Whatcom this is?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dennis Paulson</div><div class="">Seattle<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 27, 2023, at 1:34 PM, Eric Ellingson <<a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com" class="">esellingson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""> Watch slow-motion footage of chasing, stealing, fighting, splashing, and lots of action as Kokanee head upstream to spawn while being chased down for food. Common Mergansers, gulls, and Double-crested Cormorants attempt swallowing whole, often still alive and fighting, Kokanee. Other birds such as Bufflehead and American Dippers search for the spawned eggs to eat. <br class=""></div><div class=""> Look for the failed attempts of a Double-crested Cormorant to catch and swallow a small Kokanee. Later it does a sneak attack by diving underwater and then surfacing just underneath a gull that has the fish partly in its mouth. Who will win?</div><div class=""> Watch the eggs of a fat female Kokanee have its eggs squeezed out as it is being swallowed.</div><div class=""> This is an event I've witnessed on Lake Whatcom for a few years now. In prior years I've photographed this wild kingdom event. This year I played with slow-motion video to tell a better story. I hope you enjoy it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Watch it here. <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2pp1ABZ" class="">https://flic.kr/p/2pp1ABZ</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" id="cloudHQ_signature2_id"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="500" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;width:500px;margin-top:1em" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1%" class=""><div style="width:116px;height:116px;margin-right:10px;border-radius:5px" class=""><img src="https://share1.cloudhq-mkt3.net/a1e3029386f0970f6387df8bc05aba5a2f35b931.png?v=0.5207986654226555" width="116" height="116" class=""></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#09527b;font-size:17px;font-weight:bolder" class="">Eric Ellingson</span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0" class=""></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.2" class=""><a href="tel:360-820-6396" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#311dc9;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class="">360-820-6396</a> <span class=""><br class=""></span><a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#311dc9;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class="">esellingson@gmail.com</a></div></td></tr><tr class="cloudHQ_fields_custom"><td class=""><div style="margin-top:8px;line-height:1.2" class=""><div style="margin-top:3px" class=""><span style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35" class=""><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#311dc9;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class="">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/</a> </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="chq_signature_extensions" class=""></div></div></div></div></div><div style="width:100%" id="chq_gmail_signature_create_your_signature_div" class=""><div style="border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;width:fit-content;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:10px" class=""><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/free-email-signature-gene/adabkammndnejioekmmdhgdnlfenpkci" target="_blank" style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none" class="">Create your own email signature</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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