Today a heron was fishing on the edge of the pond. Green Herons Butorides virescens eat mainly small fish, but also insects, spiders, crustaceans, snails, amphibians, reptiles, and small rodents.
They hunt at all times of the day by standing still at the water’s edge, in vegetation, or by walking slowly in shallow water. Green Herons nest and breed the north, including parts of Minnesota.
