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  1. Thanks so much.

    We have a blue heron that spends time in our creek and in our pine trees. I didn’t realize it was nesting near here until tonight when I saw an immature heron hunting after dark, which confused the heck out of me because owls are the only birds I knew hunt at night.

    At first I was trying to convince myself that a bird hunting at night must be an owl, despite the fact that it was wading and not even a tiny bit owl-shaped. Fortunately he let me get a food look and was clearly a heron, but without the mature coloring. I had no idea they could hunt at night.

    • I’m glad this was useful! To be perfectly honest, I too was unaware of the GBH’s nocturnal hunting habits…until I downloaded the videos from this camera.

  2. You answered SO many questions and have convinced my son and I to set up a watch station. Awesome when he comes around the tree with the fish in his mouth! Are the whirring sounds from the bird or the camera?

    • I think the sounds are a combination of camera static and insects in the background. I’m so glad this has inspired you!

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