Picture of the Day - May 17th, 2008

A shocker – for the photographer as well as for probably anyone who sees this image. While it is known, that these Herons are omnivores, eating nestlings, frogs, fish, snakes – basically anything that moves and looks promising – this one hits it out of the ballpark. This young Great Blue Heron View Species info in a new window swallows an immature Snowy Egret View Species info in a new window. Immature – but in terms of size as big as his parents. And the Heron swallows it in one piece. I saw the same bird doing the same a couple of days later – it happened during the end of the nesting season.

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