Many years ago at Little Gaynor Lake along Oxford Rd. west of US 287 in Boulder County, I not only saw a Great Blue Heron capture a baby prairie dog, but then take it, while it dangled from its bill, to the lake and drown it before flipping it up in the air to catch and swallow it.
Bill Kaempfer Boulder From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paula Hansley Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:01 PM To: CObirds Subject: [cobirds] Great Blue Heron hunting prairie dogs??, Boulder County In Daughenbaugh Open Space north of Cherry St. and Coal Creek in Louisville, I saw an amazing sight Sunday evening: a GBH stalking baby prairie dogs! I didn't see it catch one, but I couldn't help but imagine the heron trying to swallow a prairie dog. It might not be so different from swallowing a large frog, though. Paula Hansley Louisville -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CANF-7hqACXngAvnVg3KwS3SULV74XV8%2BK3GgJS%2B863nMPN3gvg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/F90B1155A81D474890D22EEFFFA7CAE503BF397296%40EXC4.ad.colorado.edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
