Crane eats a bass

[TuckNTruck]

Heard a splash on my camera the other night and saw a crane had caught a big (for a crane) bass off my boat dock. After the fish died, it took the crane about 30 minutes to get it down - he tried unsuccessfully several times, but eventually got it broken up enough (I assume that's what he's doing when he's stabbing it with his beak) to swallow. Camera is a 49225, audio came from a 5442 mounted just a few feet away from the bird.

Here's the last minute or two of the process.

 

[TonyR]

Man...that didn't make my first sip of coffee this morning all that satisfying....tastes kinda fishy.