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Ardea herodias
This was a lucky encounter with a great blue heron which was struggling with a snake before finally swallowing it. I guess I shouldn't have been shocked it was able to swallow it. I've seen them eat large fish, bullfrogs, and moles before. The snake was a red-spotted garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus).
Spotted at the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Spotted on Oct 30, 2021
Submitted on Nov 7, 2021
5 Comments
Wow!
Thanks for the kind comments SukanyaDatta, armadeus.4, and
jazz.mann.
well done! a lot of skill and patience and effort went into that I am sure, as well as luck
Oh that is seriously awesome! Hella lucky spotting, congrats. Thank you for sharing 😃
Wow.