Heron Catches (and Eats) a Fish

[yourlibrarian]

We spotted a heron out on the lake last week -- luckily during an hour when it wasn't pouring rain. We got the camera out and to our amazement it caught and swallowed a fish, which we got photos of. I wasn't even aware we had anything in the lake but carp, but it looks like there are bluegill too.





In addition to never having seen a heron catch anything at the lake before, we'd certainly never seen the eating process. Compared to the heron the fish wasn't that big but it sure seemed like it was in a swallowing context. Clearly the heron had no problems! Couldn't believe we could actually see the fish on its journey down its neck.

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

What a moment! I've seen a heron's whole… throat deal… with a vole before. Queasy but very neat??

[yourlibrarian]

Agreed -- it is rather neat to see something unusual while also being rather ewwww 😉