Hi All,

I'm sure you've all seen the cartoon of a heron trying to eat a frog,
captioned "Never give up."

Well, I saw it happen at Ridgefield last weekend. We were driving the River
S loop, when I saw a great blue heron catch a (garter?) snake. Every time
the heron would try to position the snake for swallowing, the snake would
wrap itself around the heron's bill and prevent it. This went on for a
minute or two, until the heron finally dropped the snake. The heron tried
to re-catch it, but came up empty-billed. Score one for the snake!

Of course, I realized AFTER the fact that I had a video camera sitting on
the seat behind me.

Tim Haller
Vancouver, WA