Great Blue Herons Fishing Fraser Foreshore Ponds

There were a couple of Great Blue Herons fishing the ponds at Fraser Foreshore Park in SE Burnaby, BC, today.

I find it amazing how they catch a fish or other prey, and then rotate it so the snack is parallel to the throat for easy ingestion. No hands!

UPDATE: Apparently that’s a Northwestern Salamander going down the hatch. . .

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