<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Pied-billed Grebes With Crayfish </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:50:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193710</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:50:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193710</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193707">Elephants Child</a>. EC, they don't seem to have any trouble with it once they get the pincers off.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193707">Elephants Child</a>.</p> <p>EC, they don’t seem to have any trouble with it once they get the pincers off.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193709</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:48:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193709</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193706">Lyle Anderson</a>. In Louisiana they take their "crawfish" very seriously!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193706">Lyle Anderson</a>.</p> <p>In Louisiana they take their “crawfish” very seriously!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193708</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:46:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193708</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193705">Chris Sanborn</a>. Chris, The 'depinceration' process is pretty interested. It's so incredibly fast I never knew what they were doing until I finally photographed it pretty well a time or two.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193705">Chris Sanborn</a>.</p> <p>Chris, The ‘depinceration’ process is pretty interested. It’s so incredibly fast I never knew what they were doing until I finally photographed it pretty well a time or two.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Elephants Child </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193707</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephants Child]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:23:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193707</guid> <description><![CDATA[Even if you could eat in peace that looks like a spiky and difficult mouthful. Fending off thieves as well? It gives me indigestion just thinking about it.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if you could eat in peace that looks like a spiky and difficult mouthful. Fending off thieves as well? It gives me indigestion just thinking about it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Lyle Anderson </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193706</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lyle Anderson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:06:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193706</guid> <description><![CDATA[What an evolutionary marvel the gizzard is that enables the swallowing of a whole crayfish sans claws. You’d probably get a sideways glance if you called it crayfish étoufée in Louisiana.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an evolutionary marvel the gizzard is that enables the swallowing of a whole crayfish sans claws.<br /> You’d probably get a sideways glance if you called it crayfish étoufée in Louisiana.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Chris Sanborn </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193705</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Sanborn]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:40:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Great photos (thanks for that tight crop). After reading your description of the “depincerization” procedure, I’m wondering if I shouldn’t feel just a little bit bad for the crayfish? But congrats to the Grebe for such an industrious effort to make a meal!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great photos (thanks for that tight crop). After reading your description of the “depincerization” procedure, I’m wondering if I shouldn’t feel just a little bit bad for the crayfish? But congrats to the Grebe for such an industrious effort to make a meal!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Terri Reed </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193703</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Terri Reed]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:54:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193703</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193700">karen</a>. I second your comment!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193700">karen</a>.</p> <p>I second your comment!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193702</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:48:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193702</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193700">karen</a>. Thank you, Karen. Where there's a will (and enough hunger) there's usually a way. I'm glad you found it interesting.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193700">karen</a>.</p> <p>Thank you, Karen. Where there’s a will (and enough hunger) there’s usually a way. I’m glad you found it interesting.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193701</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:47:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193701</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193698">Kathleen</a>. Kathleen, I wish you could see as much detail as I can on the high resolution images.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193698">Kathleen</a>.</p> <p>Kathleen, I wish you could see as much detail as I can on the high resolution images.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: karen </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/13/pied-billed-grebes-with-crayfish/#comment-193700</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102296#comment-193700</guid> <description><![CDATA[wow, thanks for the description of how they deal with the pinchers. I was wondering how the heck they did that without getting pinched in the process. the whole deal makes me respect them all the more, as I do all the wild ones and how they manage to feed themselves against all odds. Thanks Ron!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow, thanks for the description of how they deal with the pinchers. I was wondering how the heck they did that without getting pinched in the process. the whole deal makes me respect them all the more, as I do all the wild ones and how they manage to feed themselves against all odds. Thanks Ron!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>