I watched a Great Blue Heron catch and eventually swallow a smallish muskrat at Gilbert Water Ranch near Phoenix in April (the drowning part didn't really work here but it clamped down around the neck after several dunks and eventually cut off its air while standing tall out of the water.). I have also watched them catch mice in dry fields north of Boundary Bay, BC. It wouldn't surprise me! Exciting!!!
Chip Clouse Arvada, CO On Jun 18, 2013 7:08 PM, "William H Kaempfer" <william.kaemp...@colorado.edu> wrote: > 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. > 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/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. > > > -- 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/CAPHVJegV-4WFCFViigz-Ga3DmB%3DfT_7uMZ1hQB0EmM09BG3oBw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
