[birding] What did the heron catch?

[Ron Enck]

Paul,
 Looks like it might be a small bullhead (like a catfish) to me.
Ron


--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Paul Rentz <prentz2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Paul Rentz <prentz2 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [birding] What did the heron catch?
> To: list at midvalleybirding.org
> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 9:42 PM
> Today was the first official day of my retirement from Rush
> Hour Photo.
> After a few errands in the morning I decided to celebrate
> by going to
> Finley, regardless of what the weather was like. It was
> another great day!
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> I was watching the more tame GBH that resides often on
> Finley Road east of
> Muddy Creek. It caught something that at first I thought
> was a fish but.. a
> crawdad instead?
> 
> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3443874950_60eb07ce93_o.jpg
> 
> then leaves with the catch-
> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3443874754_09d4eccf64_b.jpg
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> More photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rushhourphoto/ 
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> There were many egrets in Madden Marsh- ten or so. The
> cinnamon teal must
> have been mating as the males were chasing the female all
> the time I
> watched. My day ended with watching four or five immature
> eagles and one
> osprey circle the north end of Cabell Marsh. I grabbed the
> binoculars first
> and by the time I had the camera they were gone.
> 
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> 
> Paul Rentz
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