How big a fish can a duck swallow whole?

[NSBound]

Looks to be about a pound and a half ?
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IMGL8808 Mergansers - Fish Dinner Today! by Wallace River, on Flickr
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IMGL8800 Mergansers - Fish Dinner Today! by Wallace River, on Flickr
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IMGL8790 Mergansers - Fish Dinner Today! by Wallace River, on Flickr
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IMGL8749 Mergansers - Fish Dinner Today! by Wallace River, on Flickr
And I just thought I'd throw in a pic of why my bird feeders were empty of birds this morning -

IMGL8876 Sharp Shinned Hawk by Wallace River, on Flickr

 

[Kyle241]

Awesome pics Ian! As usual.

 

[hr3]

Nice Pic's.. did he ever get it down.. I browsed back to the "Elfie" but never saw him swallow ???:thumbsup:

 

[NSBound]

Nice Pic's.. did he ever get it down.. I browsed back to the "Elfie" but never saw him swallow ???:thumbsup:

Yup, he ate the whole thing, took a bit of wiggling to get it all down.

Here's one of the later shots - he kind of had to stand up and stretch his neck up to swallow.

IMGL8799 Mergansers - Fish Dinner Today! by Wallace River, on Flickr

 

[Scooby074]

Great shots Ian.

 

[creekbend]

Excellent wildlife photos.:thumbsup:

 

[jimmyj]

Wow, I'm amazed by the size of the fish. Fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

[NSBound]

Great shots Ian.

Excellent wildlife photos.:thumbsup:

Wow, I'm amazed by the size of the fish. Fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing.

Thanks guys, it was fun to just watch them!

 

[RobertBrown]

Excellent Images
maybe you should start a wildlife photo thread.
Here's some mergansers from my front yard, I thought they all looked like this.
These are Hooded mergansers.

This photo is a year earlier so I'm hoping these two will be back this year.

this is a coopers hawk, sharpshin's are rare here. Also from my front yard....

 

[Bob77064]

Ian, those pics are really good.