More like an Ok at best Blue Heron

Growing up in Westerly, I used to live next to a small pond. A pair of Great Blue Herons would next there every year and eventually, we would have 5-6 of them. Then one year, sadly, there were none.

What makes him so great? Cause he nocked all the lesser herons off?

Cool picture

That's the one that ate my koi 😢

Likely a juvenile. The first year males mostly are the ones that risk spending the winter up north. If it's a bad winter, with frozen ponds and few mice and other small rodents around, they could starve. But if it's a moderate or warm winter, they'll have a priority claim on good territory when the rest migrate north again.

Providence is loaded with heroi-

oh u meant the bird.

what a beautiful picture of a gorgeous bird.

I wondered! I love them and hadn't seen any in the usual spots since fall. Thanks! 👍

I like how a buch of people came here to shit talk this weird bird and someone is definitely upset about it. I don't even want to believe it's the OP, but just some random person being like "LEAVE HIM THE FUCK ALONE"