An eel for lunch
August 03, 2020 12:00 am
• Last Updated: August 03, 2020 10:41 pm
An egret flies to the shore of a salt pond Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, off Shennecossett Road on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton, with an eel in its beak. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Groton — The lift-or-death quality of nature was on display Monday in a salt pond along Shennecossett Road.
Egrets were hunting for water critters to eat and fighting one another for perches at the pond on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus.
A flock of egrets searches for food in a salt pond Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, off Shennecossett Road on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Egrets search for food Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in a salt pond along Shennecossett Road on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
An egret does battle with an eel resisting becoming dinner Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, on the shore of a salt pond along Shennecossett Road on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A pair of egrets fights over a perch in a tree overlooking a salt pond Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, along Shennecossett Road on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A lone egret flies to a perch in a tree overlooking a salt pond Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, along Shennecossett Road on the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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