Bird Attack.

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Edit: It seems unlikely that this was a heron due to the rarity of white herons in this area. The editors egret the error.

A heron dived into my back yard this morning, ate both goldfish and a few of the mosquito-eater fish out of the pond, tried without success to walk out the back gate due to insufficient runway length, mesmerized the cat, and finally hopped on the roof and left. The rest of the photos are in the Heron Visit Flickr set

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's a beautiful Heron. Sorry bout it's free lunch tho:(

[hersheyjumper.livejournal.com]

Sorry bout the anonymous post too. Oops.

Oh, those golden slippers !

[rpkrajewski.livejournal.com]

It's a Snowy Egret !

Re: Oh, those golden slippers !

[rpkrajewski.livejournal.com]

And it's still a heron, ornithologically speaking. Herons that tend to have fancy plumes in the mating season tend to be called "egrets." More upscale, you know.

[hotelsamurai.livejournal.com]

Well, if the fish had to die, at least they went out poetically...

[hotelsamurai.livejournal.com]

Such auspices are very hard to read.

[bruisedhips.livejournal.com]

Wow, awesome! Ryan think that Heron are evil geniuses by the way.
We've seen them eat live gophers. Whole.
Be ware. Beeee waaaaaaare!!

[trinnit.livejournal.com]

So basically this was the scout.

And one day Conrad stops posting...

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

I was on one of the first stops on an incredibly long schoolbus ride when I was a kid. We'd wind up and down the rivers picking up three or four kids every five miles or so. I spent a lot of time with my face pressed against the steamy window, counting the blue herons we passed.

[demedulce.livejournal.com]

You have a cat?

cat

[substitute.livejournal.com]

http://flickr.com/photos/ch/sets/251113/

Re: cat

[demedulce.livejournal.com]

Your cat has a nice name.

Maybe I'm just comapring her to my former cat (who weighted about 5 pounds), but Poussin looks like there's a lot of kitty to love.

Re: cat

[demedulce.livejournal.com]

Weighed. Whatever.

Re: cat

[substitute.livejournal.com]

she's usually 12.5 lbs, has been up to 15 which is too high. she's on a permanent diet, poor thing.

[eyeteeth.livejournal.com]

It seems to have a band around its right ankle-analogue.

[tuliphead.livejournal.com]

wow, beautiful bird! i once watched what i think was a heron help himself to the koi buffet in the Japanese Garden in GG Park. he was in heaven; the koi were extremely annoyed. there are a few pics over here!

you and your camera take lovely pictures, btw.

[loveminus0.livejournal.com]

My dad works for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, at a fish hatchery. So, they often have blue herons hanging around. Fortunately when you have thousands of fish, one heron doesn't put such a significant dent in the population...