Magnificent Great Blue Heron has an epic week

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Jim Zenor

4 ай бұрын

It was nice to see the bird make up for some tough months of little success

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@DMBall 4 ай бұрын

No matter how good the first two taste, you can always make room for another gopher.

@jimzenor9148 4 ай бұрын

Yep. It’s an all you can eat gopher buffet.

@CaptainSamuelVimesBootsTheory 4 күн бұрын

On gang

@TWHISPERER 3 күн бұрын

Have a thousand of these around sewers in NYC, especially around any trash that is left out, and in alleys too.

@jimzenor9148 3 күн бұрын

That’s interesting. I bet they wouldn’t mind eating a rat or two.

@HillCountryVista 15 күн бұрын

You are amazingly patient and dedicated to your photography! Well framed, focused, and exposed! Thank you for this incredible view of the Great Blue!

@jimzenor9148 15 күн бұрын

Thanks. I have a lot of practice. You just never know what is going to happen. Luckily they usually reward me with something dramatic if I wait for a while.

@pedsermd 28 күн бұрын

They really are dinosaurs!

@JayTee2985 27 күн бұрын

Waiter: How do you like our gopher? Heron: Drowned.

@jokervienna6433 Ай бұрын

It always amazes me how big prey they can swallow. These gophers are fairly big, but yep, I know they can swallow much bigger fish. It surely helps if the prey is wet or slimey. Smart birds. Very well photographed, thank you!

@Jason-xb3jh 25 күн бұрын

I live in Montana, next to Yellowstone. The gophers here are huge compared to the ones in this video. In this video they almost seem like field mice.

@Lone_Star_Proud 19 күн бұрын

Gophers....you can't eat just one!

@MrCosmicVictory 24 күн бұрын

great vid. i used to live next to a park with birds like this. it used to keep me and my canon camera so active. i miss it

@avint247 20 күн бұрын

If you ignore the bird body. It is a snake with a beak. 😂

@duaneandrewblack6269 26 күн бұрын

That was interesting and adventurous 😊

@p47koji 4 ай бұрын

That last gopher really was a big one. Wonderful captures again, sir. My buddy who lives on Ring St. said it rained for a couple of days there. I sure miss Two Toes.

@jimzenor9148 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Two toes was a very special bird. He struck harder than any heron I ever saw. It would be nice to see “him” again.

@abdulhakim7055 17 күн бұрын

Heron I have to wash my pray before eating

@BonhommeVert.Br.St-Jean 25 күн бұрын

He literally impaled it. You can see two globs of blood falling down at 1:13

@AdamosDad 23 күн бұрын

I have seen several here in Indiana, I once saw a pair standing on a small lakes spillway, and thought they ate fish.

@jimzenor9148 23 күн бұрын

Yeah they are really good at catching fish too.

@AdamosDad 23 күн бұрын

@@jimzenor9148 They are good hunters of multiple prey then. Thanks.

@jimzenor9148 23 күн бұрын

@@AdamosDadyeah they really are. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZlmkrZn2rTedpc.htmlsi=1IoG8ju4FFcmfOc0. That link shows one that is a really good stalker of fish

@AdamosDad 23 күн бұрын

@@jimzenor9148 Thanks Jim, it will be my next video to watch.

@user-rl5mz5cg3w 11 күн бұрын

I wonder if the heron's shaking the prey would break the neck or spine of the prey and immobilize them.

@jimzenor9148 10 күн бұрын

That certainly could be. I guess I see it as a way to rough up the prey and keep them from biting. I’ve noticed that if the gopher starts reaching to bite, the heron will shake it. Also if it is crushing or squeezing lungs or blood flow, shaking would tend to add more force. It seems to be quite an effective way to still a gopher.

@elouisechappell1331 2 ай бұрын

beautiful animal, alhamdulillah. great quality video

@jimzenor9148 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. This is a particularly beautiful heron.

@Origamigryphon 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great videos as always!

@jimzenor9148 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. It was a labor of love. I love watching these herons especially when they are successful.

@The_Savage_Wombat 3 күн бұрын

Saw a big coyote get one of these once. It had to drag it away.

@lingsangdegil 8 күн бұрын

Amazing..

@uncertainzee 4 ай бұрын

Epic week of captures for you too!

@jimzenor9148 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

3 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Stunning video friend. Perfect job.

@jimzenor9148 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate that. I’m not sure where the great blue herons are lately but I’m sure I’ll see them again soon.

@EternityReal 27 күн бұрын

🥣 soup 😂

@BahFrancis Ай бұрын

Brilliant filming.. Grateful if you can kindly share some info on your equipment

@jimzenor9148 Ай бұрын

I usually use my Canon R6 with a 400 mm EF F4 DO lens. It is definitely my best lens and it just makes everything look better IMO. In the right light it can take very nice pictures.

@brucekatano7436 7 күн бұрын

So unlike owls, herons don't cough up pellets full of gopher bones, so everything is digested I guess? I've seen GBHEs catch and eat sparrows but I like this better. I need this guy (?) in my yard which is being dug up by the critters.

@jimzenor9148 7 күн бұрын

I’ve seen these guys cough up crawdad shells. Really those were impressive. It was like a ball larger than a golf ball with mostly cleaned out shells but crushed real tight. I have also seen them cough up a goopy slimy mess which seemed to be the remnants of a gopher but I couldn’t tell. I’m not sure what that was but yeah I think they mostly just digest it all.

@zeke8872 Ай бұрын

Thats gopher city i see

@jimzenor9148 Ай бұрын

Yeah that place was crawling with gophers.

@jasonsoto5273 29 күн бұрын

hongry bird

@barbatoslupusrex8712 3 күн бұрын

I know it’s basically population control but damn it must suck to be a gopher there 😭

@jimzenor9148 3 күн бұрын

Yeah everything is feasting on them. Even the domesticated dogs catch them all the time. I know a guy that walks his yellow terrier and that dog is amazing at catching gophers. It likes to chase herons too.