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Crotalus oreganus eating Sauromalus ater

Being preyed upon by a great blue heron

Lucky capture of incident. Prey originally thought to be worm but noticed snake later in editing. Not clear if the bird succeeded in consuming it. Snake ID suggested by naturalist friend.

different individual from 141267149. Feeding on yellow rumped warbler

Posted on behalf of a friend. The bird is clearly a Great Blue Heron., but we would be interested in thoughts as to what the prey is that it is devouring.

Immature Red-shouldered Hawk eating what I believe to be a CA Striped racer

Amelanistic or possibly albinistic Dekay’s Brown Snake

Young widow with baby blackhead snake

Ceda Sink Trail , Mammoth Cave, Ky

Common Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina
Preying on: Eastern Fox Snake - Pantherophis vulpinus
We had seen a Fox Snake basking in this area the day before. Other birders noted its likely fate.

Eating a snail

Rainbow snake eating a Capefear river Eel

For the prey

Gt blue heron catching a snake. Not sure of name of snake.

This snake is being carried (and ultimately eaten) by a Great Egret

breakfast for a Cattle Egret

Being eaten by black crowned night heron. the snake wrapped itself around some sticks and the heron had a very difficult time getting the snake killed and removed from the stick.

cattle egret - but what snake?

Orlando Wetlands Park, Orange County, FL, November 2017.

Orlando Wetlands Park, Orange County, FL, November 2017.

In gut contents of DOR Black Racer (Coluber constrictor): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111259008

Orlando Wetlands Park

Observation for snake

Subdued by pied-billed grebe

Some snake killing a bat

Caught and consumed by a white ibis

Could be a snake, but I think I see pectoral fins.

Black snake eating a frog

Found it funny bc a male wood frog tried to initiate amplexus in a spotted (bwahahahahhaha)

I had no idea that herons liked eating snakes until I saw this!! I think he's eating a common water snake...

immature, with his catch, a Brown Basilisk
See second photo: down the hatch...

In the talons of an immature Red-shouldered Hawk

Dos machos en combate

Adjunto video de la caza https://youtu.be/zb2n1N-6gug

being eaten by RTHA

Alimentándose de una lombriz de tierra

eating juvenile newt

Two individuals. One holding onto the other with its mouth. Would this be a breeding posture?

Garter Snake eating an Earthworm! Found along the trails at the Lloyd Center for the Environment