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Black-Crowned Night Heron (Immature) - 7 Photos

There is a statement which says that "it is not the destination that has meaning but the journey itself",

In this instance, however, believe the reverse is true. The journey was short (straight down from a tree) and the destination has the meaning, i.e. a potential food source in the shallow water for a young Black-Crowned Night Heron. And it was a perfect two point landing on the aging log.

Although there was some searching for fish, the duration of the visit like the journey was short lived and it was a flight back to the middle of the marsh. 

With the relaxed attitude of these Black-Crowned Night Herons, I suspect that come dusk and thereafter, the herons return to feast safely & uninterrupted by other birds, to the bottom of this small waterfall where Prussian Carp have been spawning and running down in the hundreds to the channel below.

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