Rat-on

Sunday Brunch for this Great Blue Heron...

...was a nice, juicy swamp rat.

VIERA, FL - - Sunday's weather outlook was much better than previous weekend forecasts so we headed to  Viera Wetlands.  We encountered more birds than we've previously seen since returning home in October.
     As always, there were plenty of nesting heron couples working on home improvement.  They were also on the lookout for anything tasty for snacks.  I wouldn't call a swamp rat tasty but the heron (above) obviously thought differently.  The photo I didn't get was of the bird swallowing the rat whole in one long gulp.  I had stopped taking photos to check my camera and when I looked back there was a big lump in the bird's gullet.