Great Egret: Unlikely Predator in Suburban Orange County-SoCalNPG-Ep. 41

The video is of a great white egret hunting lizards in the suburbs of Fullerton, Orange County, California. They fly in from the Santa Ana River basin, I assume, to hunt for lizards and snakes among the suburban homes.
The egret flies up the street, walks up the hill opposite our home, slowly stalks its prey, then strikes -- what is it? Slowly you see that he has speared a lizard. It gulps it down, then climbs higher up the hill. Suddenly, a red-tailed hawk flies nearly. It spooks the egret who flies to a nearly chimney for safety. Then it flies away.
So far the only thing I've seen them feed on is lizards.

[@DS-rf7si]

That was MAGNIFICENT! How Cool is that! A neighbor has a pond filled with little fishy and they come and feast on those too. And Crows end up hunting our lizards too. That's Nature.

[@southerncalnativeplantgard3777]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@sierrajohnson1687]

Protect the lizards!