collecting yesterday

[jjohnwm]

The Nycticorax nycticorax are on the Illinois Endangered Species list. My property is up against a 230 acre protected fen and it’s very rare to see them. If you do it’s asked that you report the sighting and I’ve only seen 3 in the 22 years living I’ve been living at this house.

I had no idea they were so uncommon down your way. My home is actually slightly outside of the generally accepted range of the species but I still see them at least a couple times each year during the summer in a marshy wooded area down the road.

Fortunately, I haven't had any perched on my fishtanks yet...

 

[HUKIT]

Fortunately, I haven't had any perched on my fishtanks yet...

Yes sir that was my first thought too. Having a large heron whose diet consists of mainly fish that’s the last place I’d want to see one rare or not!

 

[Andyroo]

Night herons are the murderers for ponds around here; they come when the dogs are asleep, gobble-up all the pretty cichlids.
so we design deeper systems as the heron doesn't hut more than a few inches below the surface.