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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Food Fight: Tricolored Heron's Fight for Survival

This tricolored heron just caught a massive fish only to have a seagull and snowy egret try to steal the heron's fresh catch! The heron has to swallow the fish on the run as both birds pestered and chased it across the seep pond!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2024
Date Uploaded: 10.2024
Photo Location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Copyright: © Kyle Gibson