The waterbird feast

A large flock of seabirds has assembled on the water about 200m away from us. We grab the binoculars for a closer look. Very soon they are accompanied by successive flocks, now numbering in their hundreds, and soon the entire swarm is thousands in size. Over the next ten minutes they herd the fish close to the shore, right in front of us.

David Attenborough, you would be delighted to see this! And this view is all ours.

PS Don't forget, you can click on a photo to enlarge it....

Jase watches the first couple of flocks through the binoculars. I grab the SLR camera and attach the zoom to get a closer look too. Then I start to take photos of this spectacle.

The number of birds must be a thousand. This is becoming a swarm of birds.


All at once the birds start to fly in tight circles....

.....and then form a curved line

The splashing begins. They are scaring the fish to towards the shore.

The line is crescent-shaped and we witness their clever technique in action.

Pelicans move in and the line gets frantic as the feasting begins.

All too soon the spectacle is over and the birds take flight.....

....and disappear around the nearby hills