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    Default grey heron eating sand piper

    interesting behavior; very difficult to swallow
    what happens in the stomach?:eek:







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    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.

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    Really cool behavior sequence. Thanks for the education.

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    OMG :eek: the Herons are like vacuum cleaners they eat EVERYTHING :)

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    Wicked behavior. Do you know the identity of the shorebird, that is, the species?
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