In this video taken by Erin Huggins of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a great blue heron standing in some water darts down to grab an absolutely enormous fish, one that is even larger than ...

Also, as the heron is learning the hunting skills it will need as an adult, it can practice out in open water. The white feathers help you blend in with the white clouds or bright sky overhead.

And while his dock-diving attempts were fruitless, earlier I had seen him pluck a rather large bluegill from the shallows in the more traditional heron hunting style of wading, freezing, and ...

A highlight of the morning was Neal's unbridled excitement when he spotted a yellow-crowned night heron hunting crawdads in a lowland of moist soil.

And while his dock-diving attempts were fruitless, earlier I had seen him pluck a rather large bluegill from the shallows in the more traditional heron hunting style of wading, freezing, and ...