The key to success lies in not biting off more than you can chew.

Or in this case, catching a fish too big to swallow.

Stab it till it stops flopping around...


Down the hatch...


Maybe if I shove it in...


On second thought, I wasn't that hungry anyway.

[Heinrich Lohmann]

What a series Larry, doesn't happen every day, thanks for showing us.

[mikemike]

:It was a good pan size fish, should have tried for a retrieval? Or you don't like fish?: Great Photography.

LOL I don't think I would want to eat that it is kind of gross you would be eating all the heron's germs and whatnot.

[dcmsox2004]

fantastic series... never tire of watching these feathered fisherman... dave m

[crewl1]

:It was a good pan size fish, should have tried for a retrieval? Or you don't like fish?: Great Photography.

This was at Gatorland park, the pond had alligators in it. I half expected one to lunge out of the water when the heron was fighting with the fish.

Very, very nice. That's the nature!

It's awful and exactly said. And the heron not eat sausage. They fight for life to the very end

Thanks, yeah those herons are fierce. When it was stabbing the fish it used its beak like a javelin. I wouldn't want to have one angry at me.

[crewl1]

What a series Larry, doesn't happen every day, thanks for showing us.

Thanks, I felt lucky to have witnessed it.

LOL I don't think I would want to eat that it is kind of gross you would be eating all the heron's germs and whatnot.

Agreed!

fantastic series... never tire of watching these feathered fisherman... dave m

Thanks, this is the first time I have ever been able to photograph one catch something.

[sherrvonne]

Great shots!