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Looks like a Blue Heron to me, but I'm no bird expert. Fish eater, anyways...



The monsoon stuff won't let up- it's killed the walleye bite with water too high and too fast for too long. I think this bird would have been doing the stand in the water on one leg trick, if there weren't so many people around. Pretty stand-offish- maybe he's been shot at before.

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Doc Sharptail

Yep - looks like a great blue to me. The water along the N Platte river has been very high this year, and the herons are loving it. The fish get out on hay meadows that are under water & are easy targets. While waiting to drag a train into the yard this week, I saw one spear a crappie that looked bigger than my hand. SW

yup - looks like the great blue heron that fishes my back yard every morning , i watched him swallow a fish that looked too big - they seem to be able to swaller a heck of a handful when they set their mind to it

There's always a few around at the canal near my place. They are a protected species in europe, but not uncommon.
Brgds, A