A Heron?

[Benign Vanilla]

They build an office building nearby a few months back, and there is a large
catch basin for the parking lot water. It's full now, and the ducks, geese,
etc. haved moved in. Somehow some fish ended up in there as well, as we saw
something, a heron maybe, hunting there this weekend. We warned the kids
that if they see that bird in the yard that they should send the dog out.
LOL.

Anyway...do heron come in all white?

BV.

[Ka30P]

BV wrote >>Anyway...do heron come in all white?<<

Yes, there is a white heron. And white egrets, also fish hunters.


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[Just Me \Koi\]

Let me guess BV,
You had nothing to with the fish ending up in the puddle, right? wink wink!

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"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
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<snip> Somehow some fish ended up in there as well<snip>
> BV.
>
>

[Benign Vanilla]

"Just Me "Koi"" > wrote in message
...
> Let me guess BV,
> You had nothing to with the fish ending up in the puddle, right? wink
wink!
<snip>

Hey now! JMK, you know me, I am against introducing non-native species into
native bodies of water. It's not good for the natives. It is amazing though,
isn't it? A rain runoff pond that is barely 2 years old, and it has fish
already. Do we have any civil engineers here? Do they normally stock these
pools?

BV.

[Ka30P]

BV wrote >>A rain runoff pond that is barely 2 years old, and it has fish
already. Do we have any civil engineers here? Do they normally stock these
pools?<<

Would they be mosquito fish stocked by the mosquito control district?
If they are larger fish they could have come in as sticky eggs on big birdy
feet.


kathy :-)
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[Benign Vanilla]

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
> BV wrote >>A rain runoff pond that is barely 2 years old, and it has fish
> already. Do we have any civil engineers here? Do they normally stock these
> pools?<<
>
> Would they be mosquito fish stocked by the mosquito control district?
> If they are larger fish they could have come in as sticky eggs on big
birdy
> feet.

The fish this large white bird pulled out in front of us, was very large.
Certainly not a skeeter fish.

BV.

[dkat]

http://natureimages.net/diaporama/herons.html
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/watchable/herons.html

gives some nice pictures... I have never been able to tell the difference
between a heron and an egret... I think though that the only heron with a
long neck is the great heron and it is gray/blue.

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
> They build an office building nearby a few months back, and there is a
large
> catch basin for the parking lot water. It's full now, and the ducks,
geese,
> etc. haved moved in. Somehow some fish ended up in there as well, as we
saw
> something, a heron maybe, hunting there this weekend. We warned the kids
> that if they see that bird in the yard that they should send the dog out.
> LOL.
>
> Anyway...do heron come in all white?
>
> BV.
>
>

[dkat]

I really don't have a clue. Yes they come in all white according to this

http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F38_G1f.html

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
> They build an office building nearby a few months back, and there is a
large
> catch basin for the parking lot water. It's full now, and the ducks,
geese,
> etc. haved moved in. Somehow some fish ended up in there as well, as we
saw
> something, a heron maybe, hunting there this weekend. We warned the kids
> that if they see that bird in the yard that they should send the dog out.
> LOL.
>
> Anyway...do heron come in all white?
>
> BV.
>
>

[Benign Vanilla]

"dkat" > wrote in message
et...
> http://natureimages.net/diaporama/herons.html
> http://www.dfg.ca.gov/watchable/herons.html
>
> gives some nice pictures... I have never been able to tell the difference
> between a heron and an egret... I think though that the only heron with a
> long neck is the great heron and it is gray/blue.
<snip>

Awesome sites. What we say was definately a Great Egret.

BV.