Heron

The heron came back this afternoon. The light was fading fast and I don't think I got a decent photo.

He looked quite bewildered as he stood on the neighbor's pond. In this very cold weather, the water has frozen over quite solidly. The poor heron just stood there on the ice taking careful steps all the while peering down through the ice at whatever is in the pond.

I braved the cold outside to get a better photo but as soon as I got the camera in place, there was a noise from inside the neighbor's house and he flew away with great flaps of his wings. So beautiful.