My wife and I were at Nisqually on Monday midday. We came upon a GB Heron about 20 feet off the path on dry land staring at the ground. It struck with its bill, pulled and pulled until it came out with a very large rat. It had at least a 7 inch body not counting the tail (naked). As there were several other people stopping to watch it walked off a few feet with the rat twitching in its beak. It then tossed the rat up and swallowed it whole head first. That was a first for me.

David Selk
Seattle