Here's a beautiful clear view of an egret swallowing a fish, with japanese narration from the cameraman. The fish obviously went down alive but doesn't struggle too much.
Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
Here's a nice satisfying clip - a backyard video of a heron swallowing a good size frog alive. Notice the heron trying to sip water to aid in swallowing, but it's iced over - not a problem for the bird, who makes quick work of his slippery meal.

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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
OK, once in a while a very good, very LONG video which is exactly the kind of thing I love to see gets uploaded. Sometimes these videos are captured by cameramen in other countries, and thus are harder to find if searching only in english. The following video was taken in Germany, and is a compilation of WELL OVER AN HOUR of Greedy Gray Herons Gulping Gulletfuls of Gigantic Goldfish!
Actually, they are supposedly golden trout - farmed, and easy - if massive - prey for the insatiable birds. This compilation is amazing, but needs stabilizing especially during the swallows. The music is fittingly dramatic, and I absolutely love, Love, LOVE that the cameraman takes the time to focus on the distended throats of the herons after the swallow - sometimes focusing on them for several minutes as the birds stretch out and stand tall, waiting for gravity to help the enormous fish to slide into their bellies.
There are 3 versions of this clip, but I'll link the one with the least filler - it's 32 minutes of amazing and vorish HD nature footage! I hope the bird lovers here enjoy it as much as I did.
Actually, they are supposedly golden trout - farmed, and easy - if massive - prey for the insatiable birds. This compilation is amazing, but needs stabilizing especially during the swallows. The music is fittingly dramatic, and I absolutely love, Love, LOVE that the cameraman takes the time to focus on the distended throats of the herons after the swallow - sometimes focusing on them for several minutes as the birds stretch out and stand tall, waiting for gravity to help the enormous fish to slide into their bellies.
There are 3 versions of this clip, but I'll link the one with the least filler - it's 32 minutes of amazing and vorish HD nature footage! I hope the bird lovers here enjoy it as much as I did.

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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
Fallenfox wrote:OK, once in a while a very good, very LONG video which is exactly the kind of thing I love to see gets uploaded. Sometimes these videos are captured by cameramen in other countries, and thus are harder to find if searching only in english. The following video was taken in Germany, and is a compilation of WELL OVER AN HOUR of Greedy Gray Herons Gulping Gulletfuls of Gigantic Goldfish!
Actually, they are supposedly golden trout - farmed, and easy - if massive - prey for the insatiable birds. This compilation is amazing, but needs stabilizing especially during the swallows. The music is fittingly dramatic, and I absolutely love, Love, LOVE that the cameraman takes the time to focus on the distended throats of the herons after the swallow - sometimes focusing on them for several minutes as the birds stretch out and stand tall, waiting for gravity to help the enormous fish to slide into their bellies.
There are 3 versions of this clip, but I'll link the one with the least filler - it's 32 minutes of amazing and vorish HD nature footage! I hope the bird lovers here enjoy it as much as I did.![]()
I saw that about a month or two ago and it's been sitting on my youtube recommendations ever since. Kept forgetting to add it here. Great video indeed.

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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
Another compilation from WildIrishSwan. He only leaves these up for a month or so and then deletes them.
This one is especially noteworthy for the footage from 5 minutes until the end - a GBH consuming a large, live duckling. The throat bulges are awesome, and the heron doesn't seem to want to wash the kicking prey down with water despite being standing ankle deep in it. Amazing footage!
ETA: he deleted it and reposted a longer version!
ETA2: Aaaand it's gone.
ETA3:Aaaand it's back, renamed and re-edited.
This one is especially noteworthy for the footage from 5 minutes until the end - a GBH consuming a large, live duckling. The throat bulges are awesome, and the heron doesn't seem to want to wash the kicking prey down with water despite being standing ankle deep in it. Amazing footage!

ETA: he deleted it and reposted a longer version!
ETA2: Aaaand it's gone.

ETA3:Aaaand it's back, renamed and re-edited.
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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
Here's a quick video of an Anhinga (?) making a meal out of what looks like a bluegill. I love the way these guys shake their throats to get their prey down.
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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
These cormorants are swallowing huge live fish, huge enough so that it is quite a challenge to get them fully down their gullets. On some of them you have to look closely, but on many the wriggling throat bulge is quite obvious - the giveaway of course is the persistent gulping by the cormorant with a particularly energetic and resistant fish in his throat.

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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
Those last two are fun. I love the way birds toss their heads and throw their whole bodies into eating.
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Re: Herons/pelicans swallowing live prey
FYV (FrontYardVideo) delivers again with another great video of a heron eating a fat juicy goldfish out of his pond. This is a relaxing and satisfying feeding; the caption says he has 9 more large goldfish, and I hope we get 9 more videos of them wriggling down heron throats!

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