8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
We saw this Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) stalking fish in the shallows on a late summer evening. He was catching one of these tiny fish every couple of minutes. Here he flips one into the air bef

We saw this Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) stalking fish in the shallows on a late summer evening. He was catching one of these tiny fish every couple of minutes. Here he flips one into the air before swallowing it.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2010
Date Uploaded: 09.2010
Photo Location: Lyons, Colorado, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D60
Copyright: © Brent Daniel