The USFWS identified the predator in the same thread: “The great blue heron eats small fish, frogs or mammals; the bobcat eats the great blue heron; and scavengers like black vultures clean up ...

They also eat insects, rodents and other small birds ... Next, learn how to identify a little blue heron.

"This one really stuck with me and really upset me a lot because it was so horrific,” a wildlife rehabilitator said.