At 10:45 PM 5/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> Saw a couple of crows dive bombing a GREAT BLUE HERON. Now what have
>>herons ever done to crows? From my understanding, herons eat fish, not
>>other birds!
>
>My understanding is that Great-blue Herons will eat just about anything they
>can swallow, .....

I doubt they would go nest robbing due primarily to their size. But a chick
on the ground on newly fledged might be tempting. I've seen a GBH take a
rat in a field near Palo Alto and swallow it hole.

I believe other herons have similar eating habits as well.

Peggi
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