Great Blue Heron swallowing his dinner

Today, I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, a Great Blue had just speared a fish. There are 4 shots.

After turning the fish head first, down it went.

I didn't think that he would be able to get it down, but he took sips of water, to help move the fish along.

The whole process took nearly 15, nail biting (for me), minutes. The bird definately looked relieved to have gotten his meal down.

Great pics b!!! Thanks for sharing them with us! He's beautiful!

Wow, your pictures made me feel like I was right there watching! Pretty exciting stuff! Thanks for sharing with us!!

wow that was a big fish lol. Great shots

Wow, bsharf, how cool is that? What a unique experience. Wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing!

BTW, do you know if those are waterlily leaves in the water? I think I had one spring up in my backyard, but there's no water there (there was in the winter/spring), so I'm confused, lol. But it looks just like the ones in your pic!

~Kris

Ah ha, I was right, lol. Still trying to figure out how one started growing in my backyard, tho, lol.

~Kris