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The Grand Prize


	The Grand Prize Well in the end the biggest strongest chick wound up with the biggest most succulent partially digested minnow of the of the meal. Once they are a bit larger the prompting of the parent birds to feed them becomes of greater importance. At a certain point the food goes directly from one beak to the other . That makes it even harder for the weaker less aggressive chicks to survive because they must battle even harder to get a fair share as there are no scraps to pick from the nest ... NOW GO OUT ENJOY YOURSELVES & HAVE A RELAXING MEAL THIS WEEKEND , TRY FISH !! ;o) Jack Gaskin

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You captured Darwinism and it's brute honesty.
Bravo, Jack.

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August 31, 2012

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Another terrific capture, Jack.

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August 31, 2012

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Fabulous capture, Jack. What a treat it must be to watch these guys!

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August 31, 2012

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You might have hit on a great idea for a restaurant...sort of a survival of the fittest theme...every man for himself lol!

Enjoyed this terrific series! (have a great weekend)

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August 31, 2012

Mary K. Robison

Excellent capture, Jack. Agnes wrote about the survival of the fittest situation. I know that's how Nature keeps animal population down. But it's still a bummer for the weaker chick above.
Enjoy your weekend!

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August 31, 2012

Michelle Alton

Kind of reminds me of my five step-sons when they were teens (the girls were more refined, of course)!

Great capture of the food frenzy!

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August 31, 2012

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Man, they are so ugly they are cute! Great shot Jack. I just located a rookery on a friend of a friends property, but I think they have all fledged for the year...maybe next year!

Are these recent? Part of country?

I just got word of thousands of shorebirds in our area so I am off for the day gotta get there before the sun comes up on West Coast. Happy Shooting!

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August 31, 2012

Karen Celella

Super capture, Jack!

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August 31, 2012

Monnie Ryan

Well, I WAS planning to have minnow when we go out for dinner tonight, but you've changed my mind! Fantastic capture!

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August 31, 2012

Tiia Vissak

a cool image!

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August 31, 2012

Robert R. Goodman

LOL!!That about the only thing we have in our lakes in Az(minnows).Excellent capture Jack!!!

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August 31, 2012

John Connolly

A fabulous capture and I love your wry sense of humor Jack! Have a good weekend, today is the first day of spring here, but it is not any different to winter!

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August 31, 2012

- Robert K. Bemus

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Great capture and info, Jack!!

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August 31, 2012

Craig D. Minton

Wow, Jack! The entire series is great. Super clean shots.

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September 04, 2012

- Heather Loewenhardt

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Wonderful detail and information Jack.

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September 13, 2012

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I think we know who is the most aggressive one here. Fabulous detail and timing Jack.

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September 22, 2012

Michelle Alton

I saw this FINALIST coming Jack. Congratulations! Onward to the GOLD!