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--001485f870e21330ab046dd16a74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bruce Stevens and I took an hour to see if we could track down the Willow Flycatcher that Ken reported earlier in the season (down the tracks from the Antigonish County Museum). Despite the lateness in the day, we had a few good sightings of birds, among them a Great Blue Heron with a Herring (I think), longer than the exposed part of its beak. The heron had the herring by the peduncle (the fleshy bit just before the tail fin itself), and walked to shore with it suspended from its beak. Only then did it manipulate the fish in its beak and swallowed it head first. I assume that because of its size, the fish was brought to the shoreline so if the heron did drop it, it could be easily retrieved. The fish flexed as it went down the heron's throat. I do wonder how long it takes for the fish to die in the bird's stomach...does it succumb to the acid wash...asphyxiation...? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --001485f870e21330ab046dd16a74 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bruce Stevens and I took an hour to see if we could track down the Willow F= lycatcher that Ken reported earlier in the season (down the tracks from the= Antigonish County Museum). Despite the lateness in the day, we had a few g= ood sightings of birds, among them a Great Blue Heron with a Herring (I thi= nk), longer than the exposed part of its beak. The heron had the herring by= the peduncle (the fleshy bit just before the tail fin itself), and walked = to shore with it suspended from its beak. Only then did it manipulate the f= ish in its beak and swallowed it head first. I assume that because of its s= ize, the fish was brought to the shoreline so if the heron did drop it, it = could be easily retrieved. The fish flexed as it went down the heron's = throat. I do wonder how long it takes for the fish to die in the bird's= stomach...does it succumb to the acid wash...asphyxiation...?<br> <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the bo= onies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> --001485f870e21330ab046dd16a74--
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