The Pond Continues to Surprise

The afternoon sun made long shadows on the back lawn that had just this morning been covered with a dusting of snow. As I sat in my home office checking e-mails I caught a flash of white against the green lawn... A Great Egret glided to a landing and headed directly to the shore of our small pond.

This is the second heron species to visit the pond in its first year. The Great Blue Heron in August had a lot more tadpoles to choose from but at this late time of year the few remaining Green Frogs didn't hold the Egret's interest for long and it quickly moved on. I only got a couple quick pictures with my small camera. Just enough to document the sighting. The construction of the pond this last April has been the best addition to the yard we could have made... Build it and they will come...

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