Hello!
I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did taking them. Limpkins are beautiful and fun to watch!
- Limpkins searching for snails
- The tip of the bill usually curves slightly to the right, which may help in removing snail from curved shell.
- The bill also usually has a slight gap just behind the tips of the mandibles, which may help in carrying and manipulating the snails.
Detour with Me by Ileana Alberti 
Indeed, your photos are very enjoyable, a pleasure to look at.The limpkins remind me a little of our blue herons, which hunt for small fish in shallow water. Thanks!!!
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Thanks. I really enjoy watching them around the pond.
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Great shots Ileana.
What an interesting fact about their bills – I see what you mean in the last shot with the bird in the foreground gripping what looks like a rock.
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Yes, they are very interesting to observe. Do you have them in your area?
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Enjoyed seeing these…thanks for sharing them with us.
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Neat shots of an interesting bird! Nice catch with the snail.
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Beautiful Birds!
Great Photography!
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what a very sweet moment you were able to capture!
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