Great Blue Herons are patient predators. I found this one perched on top of a swallows' nest box, and at first thought it was trying to get at the baby swallows inside, but soon realized it was using the box as a lookout. It appeared to be actively hunting, so I stuck around to see what it would do, and was rewarded minutes later as it plunged into the lake only to emerge triumphantly a moment later with a nice fish in its beak. This series of photos captures the heron's successful "fishing trip"... http://wrockwell.smugmug.com/Other/The-Heron/IMG8072/550974309_BVi6W-Ti.jpg http://wrockwell.smugmug.com/gallery/8394149_GbuE3/ 2009-05-31T04:24:45Z Copyright 2010, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. 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