Bad Day for Mr. Bubbles
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Exp: 1/400 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 500
Gear: Canon 40D, 400F4L
So, have you ever wondered what happened to your beloved goldfish when you set him free to live out his years in the beautiful pond in the metroparks?… This scene was quite comical and drew a crowd because the heron was not about to give up this trophy and I don’t blame him. That is probably the biggest goldfish I have ever seen. It had to have been 10in long. The poor great blue heron tried for 20 minutes and at one point dropped the fish before it finally managed to finish off it’s meal. A great blue heron are normally around 4ft tall and can have a wingspan of 5 1/2 ft. Most of the time I see the herons catch very small 1-2 inch long fish out of this pond and never goldfish. Needless to say I’m never bored photographing at the North Chagrin Reservation. Click the image above for a larger version.