Submitted by chokenstroke t3_10g87f6 in RhodeIsland
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NickEJ02903 t1_j5349ei wrote
Likely a juvenile. The first year males mostly are the ones that risk spending the winter up north. If it's a bad winter, with frozen ponds and few mice and other small rodents around, they could starve. But if it's a moderate or warm winter, they'll have a priority claim on good territory when the rest migrate north again.
RandomChurn t1_j54o1xr wrote
I wondered! I love them and hadn't seen any in the usual spots since fall. Thanks! 👍
Proof-Variation7005 t1_j51cry0 wrote
More like an Ok at best Blue Heron
Alarmed_Nebula3917 t1_j52wdos wrote
Cool picture
citytiger t1_j53mprk wrote
what a beautiful picture of a gorgeous bird.
gravytrain2112 t1_j52visd wrote
What makes him so great? Cause he nocked all the lesser herons off?
Proof-Variation7005 t1_j55h2sc wrote
I like how a buch of people came here to shit talk this weird bird and someone is definitely upset about it. I don't even want to believe it's the OP, but just some random person being like "LEAVE HIM THE FUCK ALONE"
Street_Run_6445 t1_j52zjr8 wrote
That's the one that ate my koi 😢
maybebullshitmaybe t1_j53elgx wrote
Providence is loaded with heroi-
oh u meant the bird.
frustratedmachinist t1_j52jtyn wrote
Growing up in Westerly, I used to live next to a small pond. A pair of Great Blue Herons would next there every year and eventually, we would have 5-6 of them. Then one year, sadly, there were none.