I had just started to observe a great billed heron fishing on a shore when another bird flew into the frame snatching what seems to be a fish from the shore near the heron. The incoming bird was probably a sub-adult fish eagle, perhaps a grey headed but maybe alternatively a white bellied eagle.
The eagle flew off with its catch into the adjacent mangrove forest leaving the heron running after it in protest. Too late. Fishing birds have to make sure that they hold on to their meals lest another grabs it away.
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