Great Blue Heron and friends

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Almost looks scary Stephen, but some excellent and crisp images.

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Hi Stephen,

Excellent. I did no know that they eat shellfish :o


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Fascinating pictures, I was trying to work out what he has in his mouth in picture 1? looks like a big slug :)

Rainer, Herons eat just about anything that fits down their neck. In the UK we have some pretty grizzly pictures of Herons eating giant rats.

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Montana wrote: Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:12 pm Fascinating pictures, I was trying to work out what he has in his mouth in picture 1? looks like a big slug :)

Rainer, Herons eat just about anything that fits down their neck. In the UK we have some pretty grizzly pictures of Herons eating giant rats.

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Thanks and WOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR2E9VQTLP8


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That is a typical of Heron here, I remember my friend writing to me to tell me all about how she had watched a Heron do that in front of her while she was out riding her horse. It was in a dyke and had the largest rat she had ever seen. They are master rat catchers, much better than cats :)

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