Several social media users praised the heron for its actions, joking that the bird was providing residents with a beneficial service by reducing the population of New York City 's infamous rats.

These birds make use of quick reflexes and spectacular skills to hunt fish! Learn about osprey, loons, and more fish-eating ...

WTFlorida?! Photographer captures Great Blue Heron eating alligator on a Florida lake While out at Lake Apopka, a photographer spotted a bird eating a juvenile alligator.

While visiting with two fishermen from Maryland on the bank of the Henrys Fork near Last Chance, we watched as an Osprey came ...

Shellie Gilliam posted photos she snapped at Lake Apopka of a Great Blue Heron killing and eating a large baby alligator.

Egrets and herons can sometimes be hard to tell apart, unless you know what to look for. Identifying them takes a little ...

Commonly referred to by such nicknames as heron, gilly whomper, marsh hen and shag poke, the bird I was watching is actually named the Great Blue Heron. This large predatory bird is a common sight ...