Blue Heron - Trouble Swallowing?
Oct 9, 2017 16:39:40 #
WE were our around Lake Mermet Refuge (Southern IL) today. Overcast but no wind. Several Blue Heron were willing to pose quietly. This guy had a fish halfway down and struggling. See the fish's tale sticking out?
WE watched for several minutes. He flew 50 yards and at that point appeared to have finished lunch.
WE watched for several minutes. He flew 50 yards and at that point appeared to have finished lunch.
Oct 9, 2017 16:42:09 #
PhotoKurtz wrote:
WE were our around Lake Mermet Refuge (Southern IL) today. Overcast but no wind. Several Blue Heron were willing to pose quietly. This guy had a fish halfway down and struggling. See the fish's tale sticking out?
WE watched for several minutes. He flew 50 yards and at that point appeared to have finished lunch.
WE watched for several minutes. He flew 50 yards and at that point appeared to have finished lunch.
I always wondered about that. I can just picture the parents with their kids, "Stop chewing your food."
Oct 9, 2017 16:56:12 #
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A Wonderful Bird Is The Pelican - Poem by Dixon Lanier Merritt
A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill can hold more than his belican
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week
But I'm damned if I see how the helican
Dixon Lanier Merritt
A Wonderful Bird Is The Pelican - Poem by Dixon Lanier Merritt
A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill can hold more than his belican
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week
But I'm damned if I see how the helican
Dixon Lanier Merritt
Oct 9, 2017 20:38:01 #
That is his tongue you are seeing, not the tail of the fish. Nice pic, though.
Oct 9, 2017 23:19:04 #
OK, so i could have videoed it so you could see the fish flipping in the birds throat. Believe what you want.
Oct 10, 2017 07:50:16 #
I have watched herons eat turtles that were 4 or 5 inches across. No trouble swallowing. Just a few neck stretches, and "down the hatch" as the saying goes.
Oct 10, 2017 09:42:07 #
nikonbug wrote:
No trouble swallowing. Just a few neck stretches, and "down the hatch" as the saying goes.
Their throats stay lubricated - with fish oil.
Oct 11, 2017 00:26:50 #
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