Great Blue Heron, Merritt Island Wildlife Preserve, Florida, USA

I was a very lucky photographer when I saw a Great Blue Heron fishing. He stood very still and then quickly caught two Catfish. One Catfish was huge and the other one was somewhat smaller. The funny part was the Heron had problems holding on to the larger Catfish.

It was planning to fly with it and no way was that happening, because the fish was too HEAVY! It then decided to start eating it and hoping then he would be able to fly with it if it was a little smaller. The end of my little story was the Heron with the large Catfish ended up dropping it. A Turkey Vulture came from no where and caught it while it was falling and flew away with a feast. That Heron ended up with NOTHING!