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Heron preparing to eat baby duck.

While taking picture of mother and baby duck a Heron swooped down and grabbed the baby duck. The Heron suffocated the baby then swallowed it feet first. It was so sad to watch but the Heron was so high in the tree, there was nothing I could do.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2018
Date Uploaded: 08.2018
Photo Location: Long beach, California, United States of America
Copyright: © Susan Stanton