Domestic Violence

Following on the heels of Nick's Street Violence posting, here's an interesting little clip.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBaldIbis#p/p/28C2E00156683969/20/yHiidQOcf_Y
I waited for 4 hours at the nest site whilst adult Herons were returning to neighbouring nests laden with food for their offspring. Was the wait worth it? Yes indeed. Any illusions of heron chicks being endearing balls of fluff with quirky late-70s punk haircuts will quickly be dispelled after you have seen this. I guess the little critters were rather ravenous and not particularly impressed, nor satiated, by the parents idea of a fish supper. The clip is about half the length of the original. There were times when I thought that one of them was going to end in the river as Pike food.