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p.1 #1 · Never saw nothing like this

Hi Folks,
This is a series of shots taking a several years back in my back yard.
I was waiting for a Green Heron that was coming down the shore line when I caught an erratic movement out the corner of my eye. Out on the peninsula something was flaying in the grass. Aiming my 600/4 at the location told me it was a dove in trouble. While watching it through my lens another head came in on the right side of my view finder. It was a blue Heron.
Thanks for looking, Rick

1. Blue Heron appears in my view finder.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-203c/289606813_EkMxa-X2-1.jpg

2. Stabs bird and picks it up.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-213c/289616056_fARGD-X2-1.jpg

3. Squeezing it to death.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-231c/289626855_nYW5N-X2-1.jpg

4. Dove deceased.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-241c/289636369_xijgz-X2-1.jpg.

5. At this point the heron went down to the water and keep soaking the bird to saturate the feathers.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-260c/289648313_3DfKv-X2-1.jpg

6. After about 30 minutes of soaking and trying to get the shoulders of the dove into it's jaws the heron finally succeeded.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-305c/289661858_zj7oL-X2-1.jpg

7. Deed done the heron wakls bace to the shoreline while a Dove looks on.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-319c/289673850_2iXXT-X2-1.jpg

8. Heron stops and gives me a glance.
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/Nature/Doo-Doo-Doo-looking-out-my/may4-349c/289687547_C3afz-X2-1.jpg

May 06, 2012 at 05:41 PM

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p.1 #2 · Never saw nothing like this

That is a really cool sequence of shots! Great job!

May 06, 2012 at 05:50 PM

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p.1 #3 · Never saw nothing like this

Wow !!! Amazing series

Birdie

May 06, 2012 at 05:50 PM

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p.1 #4 · Never saw nothing like this

Interesting sequence. Doesn't surprise me though, I know of someone who witnessed a GBH waiting for, catching, and eating a gopher.
Thanks for sharing.

Kirk

May 06, 2012 at 05:55 PM

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p.1 #5 · Never saw nothing like this

Crimony, GB Herons will eat anything. And their jaws of death must be quite strong. Cool stuff Rick!

May 06, 2012 at 06:46 PM

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p.1 #6 · Never saw nothing like this

That is an awesome set!!

I never would have thought about a Heron eating another bird, but then, I never would have thought it smart enough to soak it to get it down its gullet!!!!

Great!!

May 06, 2012 at 06:51 PM

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p.1 #7 · Never saw nothing like this

Cool action and behavior!
Yes, they will eat anything they can get down

Tom

May 06, 2012 at 06:53 PM

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p.1 #8 · Never saw nothing like this

Amazing shots,

May 06, 2012 at 07:21 PM

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p.1 #9 · Never saw nothing like this

Nice behavioural documentation. The light in the last is nice for an excellent portrait. It is amazing what a GBH can swallow whole. Saw a video of one swallowing a whole muskrat once.

Dave

May 06, 2012 at 07:42 PM

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p.1 #10 · Never saw nothing like this

Now that's a meal. Just a lovely sequence. Don

May 06, 2012 at 08:06 PM

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p.1 #11 · Never saw nothing like this

Great action Rick ~ Ron

May 06, 2012 at 09:16 PM

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p.1 #12 · Never saw nothing like this

Really neat behavioral sequencing. I knew they ate a lot more than fish and lizards but that was very interesting.

May 06, 2012 at 09:26 PM

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p.1 #13 · Never saw nothing like this

Protein is protein...but it is always a bit difficult watching animals eating members of their own type.
Eric

May 06, 2012 at 09:30 PM

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p.1 #14 · Never saw nothing like this

Wow! That is amazing. Thanks for posting.

Jim

May 06, 2012 at 09:32 PM

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p.1 #15 · Never saw nothing like this

Amazing behavioral sequence!

Socrate

May 06, 2012 at 11:25 PM

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p.1 #16 · Never saw nothing like this

Neither have I! That some wicked stuff right there! Rodants I understands but another bird? Wtf!

Sevan

May 06, 2012 at 11:30 PM

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p.1 #17 · Never saw nothing like this

Oh boy, now I think these guys are omnivorous. Nice shots.

May 06, 2012 at 11:35 PM

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p.1 #18 · Never saw nothing like this

Fantastic series, and that shot with the collared dove in the FG is quite poignant

May 07, 2012 at 01:56 AM

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p.1 #19 · Never saw nothing like this

Great set.

I've seen a great white egret do the "stab / squeeze / dunk / eat" behaviour before, but on a frog rather than on another bird.

Paul.

May 07, 2012 at 03:18 AM

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p.1 #20 · Never saw nothing like this

very nice series Rick.. interesting how he's sizing you up in the last one

May 07, 2012 at 03:20 AM

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