If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are about six thousand words for you:
Oh wow, look at that heron standing in the river looking all majestic. I wonder what he’s thinking.
Uh oh, he’s about to fly away.
Oh… wait…
Holy mackerel! (Actually, I think that’s a shad.)
There’s no way he can eat all that…
The Great Blue Heron feeds mainly on small fish, about half the size of its bill. Apparently, this one did not get that memo. It was amazing (and a bit gross) to watch the fish flopping around inside the neck of the heron. It is also not unheard of to find a heron that has choked on a fish that was too large. Fortunately, I did not have to administer the Heimlich maneuver or give mouth to beak on this visit.
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