I have seen a variety of wading birds chowing down on baby blowfish. The blowfish inflate themselves in an effort to avoid becoming dinner. This seems like a good strategy but I have never seen it work...
At 9:32 am on a clearing morning, the light was on the harsh side so I needed to wade into deep much to achieve a good sun angle (with my shadow pointed at the bird). I did, but the mud was as deep as it was yucky. Despite my pleadings, most of the IPT group stayed on the shore creating images off-angle to the light and for the most part, they were photographing up the bird's butt, i.e., from behind the subject. You can lead those horse's to water, but... As you would hope, the MIII yields low contrast images in bright sun (and high contrast images in low light).
Canon 500mm f/4L IS lens with 1.4X II TC and the EOS 1D MIII. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/800 sec. at f/11. Little Estero Lagoon, Ft. Myers Beach, FL
All comments welcome. Later and love, artie