My Beautiful Pesky Blue Heron
Every spring at least one Blue Heron and Egret come to my two small ponds to feast on my fish, today was no exception. I gave up trying to save the fish, you can’t fight nature!
Thinking he can sneak by without me seeing him.
He found his spot at the end of one pond.
Maybe he can fool the fish to show themselves by yelling at them.
Head first into the water hoping for a free meal.
Hanging his head low with no success!
My pictures aren’t the best as I took them with my phone camera, through my dirty window and my pond isn’t very close.
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The pictures are awesome. The bird has personality!
Thank you so much Vickie! He comes by the same time every morning. He should have been named the “King Fish” because of his I’m the King personality. Lol
What a show!
It sure was and he was here for quite a while. They are so skittish they don’t usually stay long. Thank you and enjoy your weekend!
Beautiful bird, even though pesky
It really is beautiful and so graceful. Once the fish are all gone, I think there are 3 or 4 big ones left, it will be less work for me and I can enjoy him instead. I can’t fight him anymore, my mission is the moles now! 😂
it’s important to choose our battles )
Yes and it’s better to enjoy nature than fight it right? 😉
That’s so cool, Diane!
Thank you Patti, nature is so amazing!
I think the photos are great!
You are always so kind Katelon, thank you!
Thanks for sharing these, Diane. It’s amazing that we so often get a free show right outside our window.
You’re welcome. My chair sits right at the window with the bird feeder about 8 feet away. The ponds are straight back from the window about 75 feet and I can see about an acre from my chair too. About a month ago the biggest buck I have ever seen with the largest rack I have ever seen went running across our property. I wish it had stopped so I could have took a picture of it too.
Beautiful bird, lovely plummage…
I agree, thank you Matt!
He might be pesky Diane but I find your images precious! What a beautiful bird and who doesn’t want a free meal. Thanks so much for sharing. Hugs, C
I actually hope he keeps coming back even after the fish are gone. He comes every day around 9:00am and is very flighty. I can only watch him from the house. We also get the egrets looking for a free meal and they are beauty too! Thank you Cheryl🥰
I love these gangly birds !!
It cracks me up for as huge as they are, they are so graceful when they walk slowly up to my ponds.
These are such beautiful birds! What a treat to have them visit your home.
Hope you have a nice Easter long weekend and a lovely time at your mother in law’s!
I invited him for dinner and served him fish! Hahaha Thank you Ab, you have a fun family Easter weekend too!💕
She’s beautiful!
The ones we have had in the past are so much more of a gray color. This one had dark red spots on the wings too, which I have never seen before. I’m thinking this is a different variety than we usually get. Thank you June❤️
Oh dear! He’s hungry! My Dad finally put a wire on top his pond. Heron still came back occasionally to check and see if the wire was gone.
I have spent years with plastic containers, netting, plants, styrofoam noodles and on and on. Too much work moving it all when I have to clean the filters. I will sit out and enjoy the sound of the water and the nature in my yard. Lol
I always smile and giggle at your pictures. I think you do a good job. As one phone photographer to another, that is. 🙂
Awe thank you! I will never go professional but I do have fun. 💕
What great images, Diane. They are beautiful birds. I saw a couple in or near the ponds in Florida while I was there. They need to eat too, I guess. I’m sure your pond is still beautiful even without fish.
No fish less work! Hahaha I do enjoy watching the Blue Heron and Egrets, they are such a large bird compared to what comes to our bird feeders! Thank you Carla!
I like your photos very much. Beautiful birds!
You are so kind Nancy! Thank you❣️
Hihi 😅❤️.
They’re also God’s creatures and we must turn a blind eye from time to time and allow them to eat.
This reminds me of when my parents feed their birds and also other birds come along and they get annoyed until they enjoy the wild birds presence as well.
It inforces a sense of community and love for what surrounds us. We must learn to share.
Have a great weekend, Diane! 🌄
I agree and I figure it is easier to enjoy nature than fight it. Now the moles that are destroying our entire yard and my flower beds, another story. 🤣
Yes, that’s a good point. We must learn to love them all regardless.
Have a great day!
Still not bad!
Right!
This is one determined bird!
He sure is, I give up! Lol
Blue herons are one of my favorite birds. How fun that you have one coming to your yard to fish.
Haha you’re so funny Kellye. About 5 years ago, my daughter and I went to a painting class and we painted blue herons. After the class she gave me hers and I gave her mine. The reason we picked the blue heron is because the first year the blue heron showed up, my daughter saw it. My husband and I were still sleeping so when we got up, she said “Mom there was a pink flamingo at the ponds!” We have no idea where that came from but she swore it was. The next day he came back as a blue heron. 🤣
Shape shifter?
One never knows! Lol
It’s always nice when friends return!
You’re hilarious Dorothy! Watch though, after all the appetizers I have been feeding him, he won’t return once they are gone. 🤣
Oh, I believe it!
You are providing a picnic meal (LOL). If it is for people, the guest list includes ants, bees, flies. The other day I had a hawk enjoy a meal outside my window, it would not have made good pictures.
Ewwwwwww! I was driving about a mile from our house and I saw a bald eagle swoop down and pick up an animal about the size of a small dog and it was in somebody’s yard! Now it could have been a woodchuck or something but it is getting tough out there! 🤣
Bunny season has begun here. I watched a little one get jumped by 3 magpies. It did the usual rabbit response to being attacked and “played dead” The birds spent 3 hours on it. Nothing left but fur.
I do love rabbit myself! We ate a lot of it when I was a kid and my dad went hunting. Good thing I didn’t see it I would have beaten off the 3 magpies! Lol
I ran to the bunny but it was already in bad shape. I’ll spare the details
Oh good! Lol
What a fun peak at nature! I have ponds near me and occasionally one visits. I have never seen more than one at a time. Territorial? I think your pictures turned out great!
Awe thanks but keep in mind, my two ponds are about 100 gallons each. Wouldn’t you think he would look someplace bigger?🤣
Life gets annoying sometimes, doesn’t it???
It sure does. My husband cut the grass for the first time this year today. He said there is no grass, the skunks have completely dug holes all over the yard and the moles are overwhelmingly destroying the yard and my flower beds. We have 2-1/2 acres of yard so that’s how bad it is. I told him we must have a city of moles under the ground. I hope our house doesn’t cave in! 🤣
Your pictures were great! What a creature – I’m envious, never having seen one, even from far away. The poor fish though….
Thank you Joni. When they first started coming it broke my heart watching them injure and devour some of the fish I have had for 5 years (8 years now). I bought feeder gold fish and grew them to where now we pick them up with two hands. I used to put children plastic pools in the basement and had to clean them out every 2-3 days, so much work. I finally said the heck with it and left them in the ponds during winter with air stones and they lived! So every year that’s what I did and still do. They just hibernate on the bottom. I have covered the fish with nets, floated plastic milk crates to hide in, bought plants and so on. I finally give up, the Blue Heron and Egrets win. Lol
Well you mentioned this freeloader before Diane and now you finally got a picture of it. What a great shot of this heron dunking his head into YOUR pond – too bad he didn’t fall in! (Oops – did I say that?)
Hahaha I will be draining the ponds soon (with help of course) and see if any of the only four fish remain. It’s crazy how large yet slow they are when they walk, however, not so slow when they go head diving for food! 🤣
Yes, those big feet they have too! They always take such measured steps and sure, it is easy to dive in for a nice Koi fish. Then they spring to life!
Oh, I love your photos Diane! And your comments on top of that makes me giggle!
Awe thank you! He is a beautiful bird.
Oh wow, what an amazing bird!
They really are and huge! The plumage is so beautiful.
I do love herons but yes if you have a pond, they can be a nightmare for the poor fish and frogs!
I can’t believe they come back every year to my two small ponds. They need to go where the big fish are! 🤣
Such big birds with attractive plumage!
They really are unique and beautiful.
Diane, sorry I missed this post earlier. These birds are beautiful creatures, and you have some fabulous shots here. We have one that visits a couple of times a year at one of the water hazards at the nearby golf course. Sits on a rock and looks for some fish as well!
They are a beautiful bird and fun to watch, just not with my fish in its mouth! 🤣