Ever had the problem of a stuck beak? Yup, you took a big bite into a juicy piece of steak and your choppers got stuck? Well … imagine this poor Great Blue Heron that I found fishing recently. It caught a huge fish, but eating its meal was another matter. Sorry about the poor lighting. It was drizzling while I watched the hunt in progress (with lots of mosquitoes). Normally a heron would never have let me be so close, but food is a great motivator! (video link for email subscribers)
Great Blue Heron on the Hunt!
No breakfast!
They can swallow huge things. I took a pic of one in the same process and I caught the image of the fish mid throat. I am surprised it didn’t stab the thing. You must have seen it afterwards.