A Green Heron snatches a tadpole bullfrog from a Sweetwater Wetlands retention pond.
It's curtains for a tadpole... brunch for a heron.
A few sharp shakes put and end to the tadpole's squirming, then to be swallowed whole.
Green Herons prefer hunting near the protection of dense vegetation. It's there they find their favorites of fish, amphibians, snails and even an occasional rodent.
Downing this slippery, slimy soon-to-have-been frog triggers a need to readjust.
A whole body shudder arranges his new meal and seemingly anything else misadjusted.
A short test flight to a nearby branch settles his stomach even further.
Yet more importantly, his landing nearby assures me I wasn't bothering him by being too close.
Allan
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
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