I knew Heron's are opportunists, but I didn't expect this.
Sadly enough I couldn't see him swallow the rat, he probably wanted to eat in peace and disappeared behind the reed.
They appeared at my feeder last fall and then disappeared. *Looks like they're here to stay.*. That's my guess now. I'm blessed with this species. Love the color.
I've been making myself obvious in the window, so they would become conditioned to seeing me. It's working. This one could easily see me and tolerated it long enough to appear on FM Forum.
...Was fortunate enough to capture a greedy Yellow-billed Kite grabbing two fish..one after the other....but ended up dropping one.....
D850+500pf, 1/2000, f6.3, ISO 500. 2/3 crops..