The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) has been a daily visitor at the pond. It is, no doubt, feasting on the strong populations of toads and goldfish. Though it is a frequent visitor, I’ve yet to capture a quality image. I’ll keep trying but meanwhile….
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Photo and video taken early April during a warm toad mating day as you can hear in the background of the video.