A rare visitor to Whatcom County. This egret has been around for a couple of weeks feeding in the same small wet area. Just 45 minutes prior to this video, the egret had just consumed a different rodent with bugs & large worms in between.
It was interesting to watch the feeding behavior between this egret and a nearby Great Blue Heron. In the hour I was watching I did not see the GBHE catch anything with its stand and wait style whereas the egret walked slowly about 100 yards during this time and captured two large rodents, a very large earthworm, a bug of some sort, and other small prey I could not make out.
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