Feathered Friday - Heron that Barks Like a Dog

Here are a couple heron sightings by the lake for this #featheredfriday by @melinda010100

Here is the first heron sighting, a black crowned night heron.

He started getting suspicious as I circled around for a closer shot.

I slowly approached from the bank behind him to try and get a shot through the reeds.

Then off he went into the air letting out loud barks that sounded just like a dog.

He sounded really mad and kept barking until he landed across the lake.

Here's what it sounded like but much louder in real life. Poor guy was mad I cleared him out of his favorite fishing spot.

Meanwhile across the lake I stopped to take a picture of a baby wood duck and barely noticed this guy on one of the floating islands.

At first I thought it might be an American Bittern but his size was too small and coloring was too bold.

Turns out its a green heron. He was really chill and stayed there the whole time with me just a few feet away, no dog barks out of this guy.

Meanwhile the baby wood duck noticed me.

And right as I started taking pictures he started skittering away. They are very shy ducks compared to mallards.

The red-winged black birds are starting to grow up. Here's a juvenile male with tiny little red feathers starting to form. Sadly this year I didn't get any shots of them emerging from their nests.

That's all for this #featheredfriday :-)