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traunerk
Jan-12-2007, 12:04 PM
Great blue herons will eat most anything (and I encourage others to add their captures of alternate meals to this thread) and this one tried three or four times to eat this critter (a muskrat? a huge rat? some other rodent?) before he finally succeeded. Taken near Delray Beach, Fl while on vacation.

Regards...Keith

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Skywatch
Jan-12-2007, 02:59 PM
Holy Crap....Ive never seem them handle something that big before! You better watch the children!
dbaker1221
Jan-12-2007, 03:00 PM
good god!:huh !!!!!!!!!! thanks. that was a great series:clap
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Dave
kdog
Jan-12-2007, 03:57 PM
Mmmm, muskrat.... :eat

Great shots, Keith.

-joel
Skippy
Jan-12-2007, 05:08 PM
Great blue herons will eat most anything (and I encourage others to add their captures of alternate meals to this thread) and this one tried three or four times to eat this critter (a muskrat? a huge rat? some other rodent?) before he finally succeeded. Taken near Delray Beach, Fl while on vacation.

Regards...Keith


Good Heavens!! how do these birds not choke on the things they try to eat???
I'm stunned the size of that critter to the size of the long slender neck on the bird just doesn't seem to match it's ability to swollow such a large object :huh

What an amazing sight that must have been to see happening, and you were lucky enough to capture it all :clap :clap hooray for you Keith :D
..... amazing ..... Skippy

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Harryb
Jan-12-2007, 05:22 PM
Excellent set of behavior shots. GBHs will go after anything they can swallow and it is amazing to see what they can swallow. :wow

I wish I had some for my lawn to get rid of the squirrels.
dallas
Jan-13-2007, 12:00 PM
Wow....great series. :thumb :thumb :thumb Could it be a small otter?
traunerk
Jan-14-2007, 07:35 PM
I'm pretty convinced it was a muskrat. Truly it was amazing to watch...

regards...Keith
raptorcaptor
Jan-14-2007, 07:54 PM
I've seen them swallow gophers, but not something as large as a muskrat!:dunno Nice series!:clap
Maestro
Jan-14-2007, 09:22 PM
Amazing and informative series. I never would have imagined that a great blue would eat a muskrat!
Gale
Jan-15-2007, 05:09 AM
OMG they are such pigs:>)))
Yup they eat anything.
Totally amazing the SIZE of things they eat
Great shots
Thanks
jwear
Jan-15-2007, 07:53 AM
Excellent set of behavior shots. GBHs will go after anything they can swallow and it is amazing to see what they can swallow. :wow

I wish I had some for my lawn to get rid of the squirrels.that is funny a few years ago in Griffith Park. we had a GBH that spent his days eating squirrels almost did them all in . great capture I have seen them eat things that :huh :huh :huh how did you doo that --again great set of shots thanks for posting