Maureen Sullivan.
Oh, my!
Great Blue Heron with a gopher. Ten minutes before seeing this heron, with its meal, I chased three crows away from a baby gopher that they were tormenting. Peck the gopher, run away, rest, repeat. I foolishly picked up said gopher and returned it to it's burrow. (Yes, rabies, I know...) Figured the gopher would be food for something when it was bigger. Baby gophers are very soft and cute, when they aren't frightened.
Fast forward to this scene. The heron had this one swallowed before I was able to cover the fifty feet separating us.
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Activists for birds and wildlife
Oh, my!
Great Blue Heron with a gopher. Ten minutes before seeing this heron, with its meal, I chased three crows away from a baby gopher that they were tormenting. Peck the gopher, run away, rest, repeat. I foolishly picked up said gopher and returned it to it's burrow. (Yes, rabies, I know...) Figured the gopher would be food for something when it was bigger. Baby gophers are very soft and cute, when they aren't frightened.
Fast forward to this scene. The heron had this one swallowed before I was able to cover the fifty feet separating us.
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Member of the Flickr Bird Brigade
Activists for birds and wildlife