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Butorides virescens
A Green Heron, possibly an immature, spotted in the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. This individual was stalking and eating a frog. The heron speared the frog with both the upper and lower parts of its beak. As a result, the heron seemed to have difficulty removing its beak from the frog. Photo 2 shows the heron trying to shake free of the frog (notice the spray of water droplets); no luck. Eventually the heron flew to a nearby tree, where I lost sight of the predator and its prey. Related Resource: This is the same bird featured in another of my spottings. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127...
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...
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3 Comments
I don't speak Spanish, Yuriana and harsuame, but thanks to "Google Translate" (http://translate.google.com/) I say "Thank you!" for the kind words. Did you follow the link to my similar spotting? IMHO, that photo set is better than this one. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127...
me gusta! de acuerdo con harsuame!
Sensacional buena captura :::