“Are You Going To Eat That All By Yourself?”

This afternoon a great blue heron plucked a fish out of the marsh pond then paraded it around in front of a hungry looking egret. But…the blue heron was not in the mood to share, and the poor egret was left to go catch his own fish or stay hungry.

26 thoughts on ““Are You Going To Eat That All By Yourself?””

Garden Walk Garden Talk on January 27, 2014 at 9:08 pm said:

Showoff!!!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 9:13 pm said:
  
  He sure was! Which was mean too because I never did see the egret catch anything.
  
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  - Garden Walk Garden Talk on January 27, 2014 at 9:14 pm said:
    
    The egret should have gave him a poke.
    
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    - Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 9:37 pm said:
      
      There were chasing each other around for a while, I don’t think either was very happy with the other.
      
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acuriousgal on January 27, 2014 at 9:20 pm said:

No sharing here!!!!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 9:38 pm said:
  
  Oh absolutely not! That egret would not be getting any of the heron’s fish.
  
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La valise de louise on January 27, 2014 at 9:39 pm said:

Love the colours of the egret’s beak!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 10:14 pm said:
  
  That bit of red on there makes me think he recently did catch and eat a fish of his own.
  
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  - La valise de louise on January 27, 2014 at 10:26 pm said:
    
    That sneaky egret!
    
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    - Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 11:33 pm said:
      
      He is a bit sneaky. 🙂
      
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Lyle Krahn on January 27, 2014 at 10:33 pm said:

Ah the classic dirty look.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 11:36 pm said:
  
  There were plenty of those out there and the egret was not in a good mood.
  
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Littlesundog on January 27, 2014 at 10:36 pm said:

Ha ha ha!! Haven’t we all been guilty of that look of envy? Great shot, Phil!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 11:40 pm said:
  
  I’m sure that egret could taste that fish but unfortunately the heron wasn’t sharing.
  
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uthamz on January 27, 2014 at 11:02 pm said:

🙂 ! Adding insult to hunger ?
Nice shot , Phil .

utham

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- Phil Lanoue on January 27, 2014 at 11:41 pm said:
  
  That’s exactly right utham! Glad you liked the photo!
  
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foxleylady on January 28, 2014 at 7:14 am said:

Aren’t I just the clever one!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 28, 2014 at 7:13 pm said:
  
  Oh those blue herons always think they are soooo clever. 🙂
  
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Amy on January 28, 2014 at 10:51 am said:

The egret has that envious look… 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on January 28, 2014 at 7:14 pm said:
  
  He sure does Amy. 🙂
  
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anotherday2paradise on January 28, 2014 at 11:45 am said:

How mean can one be? That Egret does look very envious. 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on January 28, 2014 at 7:15 pm said:
  
  I’ve been seeing what I believe is that same blue heron hanging around in that area for days but never catching anything. So I guess he finally gets a fish and wants the whole world to know about it.
  
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Patrizia M. on January 28, 2014 at 4:37 pm said:

Airone ingordo, povera garzetta !!!
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on January 28, 2014 at 7:17 pm said:
  
  Lui è un airone goloso! Scarso Egret riceve nessun pesce. 😦
  
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The Dancing Rider on January 28, 2014 at 5:23 pm said:

I think that’s akin to chest-beating! 😉

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- Phil Lanoue on January 28, 2014 at 7:15 pm said:
  
  I think you are right about that. 🙂
  
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