Landing (with lunch!)

I was so please to happen upon this Great Blue Heron landing on the river shore at a Calgary urban park, until I realized he was landing with his lunch! And then my eyes were opened to both the beauty and reality of nature & survival. Until this moment, I truly thought these birds just ate fish. I was initially horrified and saddened, but I could not tear my eyes (or camera) away. I stayed put watching real life play out, as he quickly swallowed his lunch and then continued to hunt the adorable Common Merganser ducklings, realizing that baby birds and animals only look adorable to humans.