Greg, I have no idea what a full-grown Muskrat weighs, but I watched a Great Blue Heron attack and kill one (got poor photos) this summer. Allen Chartier [log in to unmask] 1442 West River Park Drive Inkster, MI 48141 Website: http://www.amazilia.net Michigan HummerNet: http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet =============================================== Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. ---Steven Wright ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Bennett" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:57 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] FW from FL list: Great Blue Heron predation on Pied-billed Grebe. > Interesting note on behavior from the Florida list. > Greg Bennett > Akron OH > > Subject: Great Blue Heron predation on Pied-billed Grebe. > From: Rex Rowan <rexrowan AT EARTHLINK.NET> > Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:53:00 -0500 > This morning at Sampson Lake (west of Starke, Bradford Co.) Bob Carroll, > Becky > Enneis, and I saw a Great Blue Heron carrying what appeared to be a > football in > its bill. Seeing two legs projecting from one end of the football, we > realized > that the heron was attempting to eat a Pied-billed Grebe, whose head and > neck > were already in the heron's gullet. However, perhaps because the grebe's > weight > prevented the heron from lifting it above the horizontal, or perhaps > because it > was just too big to swallow under any circumstances, the situation > remained > unresolved by the time we left. The heron spent about 45 minutes pacing > around, > occasionally appearing to put the grebe down and then pick it up again, > but > never got more than the head and neck past its gape. I was surprised when > Mike > Hoekstra reported a Great Blue eating a Least Bittern at Paynes Prairie in > July > 1988, but according to Sibley a Least Bittern weighs only 80 g compared to > a > Pied-billed Grebe's 450! > > Rex Rowan > Gainesville > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: > Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm > Member photos II: http://floridabirds-l.50megs.com > For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/floridabirds-l.html > Set nomail: Click: mailto:listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Type: Set > floridabirds-L > nomail > > Listowner: Click: mailto:FloridaBirds-L-request AT lists.ufl.edu > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]