What's That Shadow?

Tag: Eating

  • Raccoon In Marsh Pluff Mud Eating Shellfish

    Raccoon In Marsh Pluff Mud Eating Shellfish

    —

    in

    I recently posted a video of a raccoon with a huge mussel shellfish stuck to it’s back toes. A marsh raccoon encounters all the things that don’t want to be eaten or stepped on by accident. This raccoon is filling it’s tummy with seafood delight 🙂 Charleston SC Feb 2026

  • Raccoon Kits In Palm Tree Hanging Out

    Raccoon Kits In Palm Tree Hanging Out

    —

    in

    This raccoon family has the mama and four kits. We named mama Poppette because she only had an injured eye that thankfully healed. Raccoons love the berries of the Sabal Palm tree and don’t generally cause the tree harm as they evolved with it. The “boots” are the fronds on the palm tree and come…

  • Raccoon Kit Sneaks Up On OPossum

    Raccoon Kit Sneaks Up On OPossum

    —

    in

    This baby possum (opossum) was eating when a raccoon kit comes up and sniffs him and then they both freak out and run from each other. They came back seconds later tho 🙂 We had a ripe banana that we were gonna compost but ended up cutting it up and leaving for the possum. The…

  • Yellow Crowned Night Heron Swaying & Hunting Crabs

    Yellow Crowned Night Heron Swaying & Hunting Crabs

    —

    in

    Adult yellow crowned night heron hunting fiddler crabs in the marsh in Charleston SC. August 7, 2025. Yellow crowned night herons like some other birds sway like the wind while hunting and honing in on their prey. I imagine this is some way to mimic the environment that it’s in and become a part of…

  • Cute Baby Possum (Opossum) Eating

    Cute Baby Possum (Opossum) Eating

    —

    in

    Cute lil baby opossum eating a pear from a tree in our yard. The pear is the size of a grapefruit for reference. August 2025, Charleston SC

  • Male Osprey vs Live Fish

    Male Osprey vs Live Fish

    —

    in

    This male osprey brings in a huge live fish to eat on the dock. Is this a redfish, my fishing people? My guess is that this is a male osprey because of the lack of a brown necklace or banding around the upper chest. Ospreys are raptors or birds of prey. They have hooked beaks…

  • Wood Stork Flock / Muster Marsh Foraging

    Wood Stork Flock / Muster Marsh Foraging

    —

    in

    What a beautiful sight of a wood stork flock (also called a wood stork muster) foraging and squirreling around together. I’m guessing that there were over one hundred. Wood storks have bald blackish heads with thick stout beaks that turn downward. They are huge birds with a wingspan of 5 plus feet. They have fingered…

  • OPossum Eating With Raccoon and 3 Kits

    OPossum Eating With Raccoon and 3 Kits

    —

    in

    This mama raccoon and opossum are eating together peacefully before her 3 raccoon kits come up sniffing around the possum. Mama raccoon is cool as a cucumber and knows that the possum is enjoying some nuts left in the pecan shells that they are sharing. This is next to a waterbowl, there are pecans shells…

  • Osprey Eats Fish On Dock

    Osprey Eats Fish On Dock

    —

    in

    This male osprey caught a small fish and brought it to our dock to eat. It took about 16 minutes from start to finish. The osprey feaks (cleans, hones it’s beak), shakes, poops and takes off, pretty classic bird behavior. Ospreys are raptors with hooked beaks and talons. They generally dive feet first into water…