The fish that the green heron is eating is a black bullhead, Ameiurus melas. They have clusters of wicked spines at the base of their gill slits. Good on the green heron, chowing down on an introduced species!

Susan

susan anderegg at hotmail dot com

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:18:40 -0700
From: Marc Hoffman <tweeters at dartfrogmedia.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Green Heron eating...what?
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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At the Arboretum yesterday, a Green Heron was doing a very nice job
plucking small, dark fish from just below the surface. Can anyone
identify the fish species from the photo here? Thanks!

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