Interesting series Paolo and adds yet more photographic evidence that large herons will eat just about anything!
Typically, if whole animals are ingested like this, the bird will eventually produce a pellet of indigestible parts such as feathers and bones and bring that back up. Not sure if herons do this but many birds do.
Wicked behavior. Do you know the identity of the shorebird, that is, the species?
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