This was a near dusk heron fight, one stood its ground and the intense fighting lasted 15-20 seconds. They were trying to drown each other and one of them impaled the other through the neck. One heron ended up flying off, but the impaled one kind of staggered off, I am not sure if the injury was life threating or not, but the heron did have blood on its beak from the incident.
The water reflection was the last bit of sun lighting up the late autumn trees. The orange / red reflection adds to the ambiance of blood in the water, theme.
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Nov 22, 2016 at 05:07 PM
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