2007-11-01 11:17:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
We had a lot of Great Blue Heron's on our farm in Washington state.
Coyotes, oposum, raccoon, hawks, eagles all take down the young before they fledge and learn to fly.
After they become adults, it's usually just the Bald Eagles that kill the Great Blue Heron.
Rather ironic, isnt it? The Bald Eagles have made a great comeback, and because of that, the Great Blue Heron population is dropping rapidly.
~Garnet
Homesteading/Farming over 20 years
Avid wildlife study over 40 years
2007-11-01 11:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bohemian_Garnet_Permaculturalist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Don't worry. Its main food is small fish less than half the length of its bill, or under 65 mm long. Its diet also includes frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes, birds, small mammals ( your pet dog is not that small) , shrimps, crabs, crayfish , dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other aquatic insects. Herons locate their food by sight and usually swallow it whole.
2016-04-10 22:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the previous response, alligators are pretty good at catching herons and other large wading birds.
2007-11-01 11:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
idk what eats it duhh
2014-03-12 04:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by Katie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋