Sometimes the risk pays off.” The great blue heron is the largest heron species in North America, standing about 4 feet tall.

Great blue herons may be the most proficient predator ... Others have seen blue herons eat snakes of more than three feet long. Some have been pecked to death, others have just gone down the ...

In striking images, a screaming squirrel was seen struggling for its life after a heron captured it in its beak. Decker Nomura, 56, took the stunning rare photographs at the Mission Trails ...