{"id":8524,"date":"2026-05-26T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=8524"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:33:43","slug":"green-heron-catches-an-eel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/green-heron-catches-an-eel\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Heron Catches an Eel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was back at the lower dam area and found the heron again. I was only able to get a couple shots thru grass at first, then repositioned for a better composition. I suppose I got to close and he flew to the other side of the river. I went further downstream and waited a little bit until yep, he flew back to me haha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He still laid low after he flew back and I went to taking pics of a great blue heron until he tried to sneak past me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He wasn’t worried about me much and went back to hunting, naturally I tagged along …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eureka!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This went on for a while as he shook and gave the eel some good head squeezes, with the eel slipping out occasionally. I didn’t stick around for the actual consumption … maybe next time :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was back at the lower dam area and found the heron again. I was able to get a couple shots thru grass at first, then repositioned for a better composition. I suppose I got to close and he flew to the other side of the river. I went further downstream and waited a little bit until yep, he flew back to me haha!<\/p>\n

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