Our 8 pm flight from Auckland to Chicago in early September gave us a full day to kick around. Walking from our hotel to the zoo, we passed through the enchanting Western Springs Reserve, a memorable green space that also hosts the Museum of Transport & Technology and Western Springs Stadium.
I think this is a pied shag wrangling a massive eel, a performance more compelling than anything we saw at the zoo…
How true it is, Rudy. Mother Nature elegant in life and death, though "nature red in tooth and claw..."
https://wordhistories.net/2018/05/18/red-tooth-claw/
I'm not positive of the bird's ID. What do you think?