heron in the dark

[2vetts]

turned out the light at 10:30 last night to go to bed and for some reason tuned to look out the window . the only light in back is lights on fountain in big pond and silhouetted against that light was the head and neck of the heron standing in shallow end of our little pond . i didn't realize they fed at night and wondered if it was unusual .  it must have known i was there because in a few seconds it headed south . . . peace

[Bob_A]

Most of the times that I've seen them, it's been near dusk. Did it clean your pond out?

My kid spotted a night heron in the neighborhood a few weeks ago. I drove some bamboo stakes around the pond and ran monofilament fishing line from stake to stake. The herons can no longer land in my pond.