Heron slowly kills gopher in agonizing closeup...

I got this shot a few days ago in SF. Watch til the end - or skip to 3:24 - for an extra bonus.
Enjoy!

I watched a crow vs gopher this morning.  Took a long time.  If I videotaped, I woulda called it "Corvid-19."

Bushy

Great capture 

Excellent video. Beautiful birds and really cleaning up!
Nature is brutal.

Great video!  Thanks
I was sitting out front some time back, saw a gopher mound moving.  I snuck up and stabbed it with a pencil!  I tossed it onto the bare dirt patch near the house and expected my cat to take it from there.  As the cat approached, a blue jay swept in and snatched that gopher up!  I never would have guessed a blue jay could even get off the ground with that large a critter, let alone eat one, but this bird did. 
But alas, no video. 

Great video!  Thanks
I was sitting out front some time back, saw a gopher mound moving.  I snuck up and stabbed it with a pencil!  I tossed it onto the bare dirt patch near the house and expected my cat to take it from there.  As the cat approached, a blue jay swept in and snatched that gopher up!  I never would have guessed a blue jay could even get off the ground with that large a critter, let alone eat one, but this bird did. 
But alas, no video. 

There is a great article about how some song birds will kill rodents and the eyes and brains.

Very cool video. My kids liked it too 

“CORVID-19” HAHAHA
Last week a crow picked off one of the sucker fish in the Coastal Stream Exhibit
I gave it the same diagnosis

It takes a lot of patience, knowledge, and talent to get a video like that.  Thanks for posting it.

I could use that guy for the back yard 

It's not like I don't take care of them myself, but now they're just providing nutrition for very simple organisms

I could use that guy for the back yard 

It's not like I don't take care of them myself, but now they're just providing nutrition for very simple organisms

The Heron, in time, will turn it into food for micro-organisms too

Excellent clip, thanks for sharing!
Wish I has a couple of herons in my yard

“CORVID-19” HAHAHA
Last week a crow picked off one of the sucker fish in the Coastal Stream Exhibit
I gave it the same diagnosis

Thanks Johnny.  Somebody got it!

Bouché

“CORVID-19” HAHAHA
Last week a crow picked off one of the sucker fish in the Coastal Stream Exhibit
I gave it the same diagnosis

Thanks Johnny.  Somebody got it!



Bouché

Oh, I think plenty of folks understand your corvidae referenc. They just don't encourage punning.

Remember: Use a pun, go to jail. It's the law...

“CORVID-19” HAHAHA
Last week a crow picked off one of the sucker fish in the Coastal Stream Exhibit
I gave it the same diagnosis

Thanks Johnny.  Somebody got it!

Oh, I think plenty of folks understand your corvidae referenc. They just don't encourage punning.

Remember: Use a pun, go to jail. It's the law...

Bouché

“Play an Accordion, Go to Jail!”