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[RalphH]

Came across this blog post from Paul Cipywynk with the Byrne Creek Stream keepers in Burnaby. This past fall I watched a GB Heron take a similar sized fish out of a small stream in Surrey. I wasn't sure what species (likely coho).












source: http://cipywnyk.com/blog/2020/10/14/great-blue-heron-catches-large-fish-on-byrne-creek/?fbclid=IwAR3KtR_b9a5NnyQEABMPJt4IlmvuIPhtej65tuXFgcYzwJyfuvXRqfq2Q_U

[dennisK]

I don't know to be disgusted or amazed.

[RalphH]

it's ok to be both! Open your horizons! Embrace your feelings!

[Roderick]

Respect the herons.  They know more about fishing then any of us ever will. 

[Dave]

Lets hope Tom Sewid doesn't see this, lol!

[Darko]

awesome post, that stream has had some tough times due to spills but the volunteer effort is amazing. swallowing a coho is rather impressive haha. I live nearby and actually go to the school named after the creek. Awesome stuff.

[iblly]

I once saw a heron try and grab a guys sockeye he had just beached near Hope so they are ambitious birds.

[RalphH]

Lets hope Tom Sewid doesn't see this, lol!

you know those heron spey hackles sell for a couple $ each! Another chance for an FN industry?

just kiddin' folks!

[RalphH]

awesome post, that stream has had some tough times due to spills but the volunteer effort is amazing. swallowing a coho is rather impressive haha. I live nearby and actually go to the school named after the creek. Awesome stuff.

I'm within a couple of blocks of the school.

[Darko]

I'm within a couple of blocks of the school.

maybe the car I see with the BC Kokanee Fishing sticker on the back is your then 

[Fish Assassin]

Once I saw a heron with a coho. Had trouble swallowing the fish. Saw the heron gagging as he tried to swallow. I could clearly see the fish flopping in the gullet. Thought the heron was going to choke to death but after about 10 minutes he managed to swallow it.

[Rodney]

Not really Byrne Creek or heron related, but I took these a couple of days ago.

[RalphH]

maybe the car I see with the BC Kokanee Fishing sticker on the back is your then 

Nope. No stickers on my vehicles. Someone within a block has a spey/swing sticker on his car.

I saw a heron take a large coarse fish in the Fraser once & for a while  it couldn't get it's head out of the water and I wondered if it would drown... might have had it's head stuck in the mud.

[RalphH]

Not really Byrne Creek or heron related, but I took these a couple of days ago.

better tell Tom we also have too many eagles!
 

[Arkatek]

Amazing shots all round, the birds seem to be having more success than me most of the time