They could if enough provoked and you could get close enough to them. A
Great Blue Heron could easily drive it's bill right through your thigh.
I've seen them spear some sizable fish that way... clean through.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> GBH's - do herons cause Grievous Bodily Harm? :-)
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 22/03/2009, at 5:41 AM, Candace Lemarr wrote:
>
>>
>> We do have GBHs that reside here year round, so I have seen them with
>> the white crest.
>> They are very much wild birds and are not fond of people or
>> cameras. :-)
>> I often see them flying (singly) overhead, far out of reach of my
>> lens,
>> or my abilities to photograph them well. And sometimes I find them on
>> ponds, lakes, and the Colorado river. I have not seen more than one
>> at a
>> time here, except in the instance of "the photo that got away". Which
>> adds to my wish that I had been able to take that photo.
>>
>>
>
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