Dear Editor:
I applaud “A Bird’s Tale,” the Register’s very informative column by Jeff and Allison Wells. Their July 28 piece described the diets of great blue herons. They wrote, “While small fish may be the norm by way of diet for great blue herons most of the time, this species will not hesitate to take a larger fish if the opportunity presents itself.”
Bingo! As luck would have it, the next day a drama unfolded along the Boothbay Harbor shoreline at Mill Point, a story told in four photographs that I snapped.
The heron landed carrying a fish and chomped at it to reduce the fish’s size. Apparently sensing an approaching “thief,” the bird swallowed the fish and lodged it in his/her gullet. A herring gull arrived and as the gull waited for an opportune moment to snatch it, the fish bulged in the heron’s gullet. After about 20 minutes, the gull left, the heron expelled the fish and continued gnawing and eating pieces until the bird could swallow the remaining fish whole.
Thank you for valuing our natural resources in making your editorial decisions on the newspaper’s content. Unfortunately, many newspapers give conservation and natural resources scant attention.
Glenda C. Booth
Alexandria, Virginia
and summer visitor
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