Snail Kite & an apple snail

Snail Kites eat apple snails from the wetlands. Here is a female that has pulled the snail from it's shell. I've never seen one pull out the snail whole.

[Joan Robillard]

Awesome

[Randy Lubbering]

Great photo

[Mags]

How marvelous!

[Kate]

Awesome! You get such great bird photos.

[Bucktree]

Excellent timing and capture.

[Monica]

Wow! Awesome

[Danette Thompson]

Terrific shot

[Milanie]

Super close-up - that's fascinating

[Desi]

Wow, what an incredible image. Fave

[Peter Dulis]

wow

[Beryl Lloyd]

Stunning timing and capture! fav

[Jeremy Cross]

Fabulous photo

[Joanne Diochon]

Great capture. Now the Kite just needs a little garlic butter.

[Kerry McCarthy]

Wonderful close-up! Love the color tones too.

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture, fav

[carol white]

A super close up capture.Fav😊

[April P]

That's an amazing capture.

[Oli Lindenskov]

Great shot love it👍😊

[KoalaGardens🐨]

incredible shot!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wow fav

[Mike]

Urgh but great shot!

[Thom Mitchell]

Whoa — great timing!

[Corinne C]

Amazing capture!

[KV]

Incredible.

[Kim]

Awesome capture and details!

[haskar]

Amazing!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Amazing shot- rather traumatic for the snail though!

[Carole Sandford]

Great timing & excellent capture!

[Allison Maltese]

A wonderful shot of this nature scene.

[narayani]

Amazing capture!

[Junan Heath]

Fantastic capture!

[Pyrrhula]

Awesome.

[Phil Howcroft]

super cool

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[Babs]

What a feast

[wendy frost]

We shall feast tonight. Brilliant capture.

[Judith Johnson]

Wow, amazing capture. It reminds me of when we were children and eating winkles by the beach. We tried to get the winkle out of the shell without any breaking off!

[Laurie]

Wow!! The patience involved in getting this shot must have been endless!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Great capture! Just like popping a shrimp out of its shell.

[LManning (Laura)]

Fabulous shot!

[Diane]

Yum! Great shot!

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[eDorre]

Just wow! What a moment

[Christine Louise]

Wow incredible capture!!

[Wylie]

How clever is that! beautiful sharp shot. fav

[Rob Z]

Wow - what an amazing catch!

[Dione Giorgio]

Amazing! Big fav.

[Cliff McFarlane]

Beautiful image

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Superb capture fv!

[Kathy A]

Wow, that’s amazing!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, fascinating looking.

[Fisher Family]

A super close-up shot - fav!

Ian

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Harry J Benson]

Good spotting

[Steve Chappell]

Wow, fantastic capture

[Karen]

Gosh - that is just terrific! What a superb capture.

[Carey Martin]

AMAZING!!!!

[Renee Salamon]

Woweee, how did I miss this one. Congrats on topping TT

[Vesna]

This photo is the first on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[Taffy]

This is a spectacular image -- so deserving of the top spot this week!

[Shutterbug]

Looks like escargot. Terrific capture.

[John Falconer]

Looks delicious! Congratulations on well deserved win in Top Twenty.