What is he eating?

[AlabamaDeerHunter]

Caught this on my trail camera in the small creek that goes through my property? Is this a frog? Strange looking body unless he picked up some sticks too.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Caught this on my trail camera in the small creek that goes through my property? Is this a frog? Strange looking body unless he picked up some sticks too.
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That's definitely a good camera, what brand is it?
I'm guessing that heron has a frog who's twisting around because it's being squeezed pretty good.

 

[9x56MS]

Looks like he got a leaf with the frog. Great camera shot.

 

[weekender21]

Frog


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[KSQ2]

Looks almost like a woodcock to me.

 

[9x56MS]

The eyes Mize, the eyes. You gotta be really old and a yankee fan to get this one.

 

[Mennoniteman]

The eyes Mize, the eyes. You gotta be really old and a yankee fan to get this one.

Ya gotta be an NFL referee

 

[9x56MS]

Ya gotta be an NFL referee

Yankees play baseball.

 

[Drycreek]

Looks like he got a leaf with the frog. Great camera shot.

I’m going with this.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Looks almost like a woodcock to me.

Well, it almost does look a woodcock and I hunted woodwork in a local swamp when I was a boy, but unfortunately for me, our woodcock could outfly the speed of .410 shot, and I missed more than I got. The local farm boy was the source of great mirth in the resident woodcock circles,, and I never retrieved one single bird, and no married ones either.
But the background habitat in the picture looks more like where frogs would be found.

 

[9x56MS]

Well, it almost does look a woodcock and I hunted woodwork in a local swamp when I was a boy, but unfortunately for me, our woodcock could outfly the speed of .410 shot, and I missed more than I got. The local farm boy was the source of great mirth in the resident woodcock circles,, and I never retrieved one single bird, and no married ones either.
But the background habitat in the picture looks more like where frogs would be found.

My Dad taught me the secret to shooting woodcock near of in swamps was to wait until they top out just above the trees then shoot while they are in the process of changing direction. My hit rate went from 30% to 70%.Dad was the only one in the house who would eat them. I stocked the freezer for him. Of course that was 50 years ago. Not sure I could even navigate those tamarack swamps now.

 

[Drycreek]

We had a few woodcock around when I was a kid. They were mostly a target of opportunity when we were squirrel hunting. I never killed many because they were scarce. I did like to eat them though.