The Indian pond heron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii) is a small heron. This shallow aquatic habitat bird, sometimes lives at fresh, salt, natural or human made aquatic places. It prefers places like very shallow, non-flowing or slowly flowing aquatic regions. The Indian Pond Heron prefer marshy wetlands as their feeding habitat. Size of Indian pond heron is between 40 cm to 50 cm including tail. Wingspan is between 70 cm to 90 cm.
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They look angry!😂
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Great photos!
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Its so strange that we always only have photos of herons looking very focused, hunting or looking for prey. We’ve seen the nests high up and we must imagine their very nurturing looks too!
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Mostly we see them like this only.
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I do bit of recreational bird watching myself, so I enjoy these posts.
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I love the constant adventure and reminders of nature in your posts 🙂
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Thank you very much for your visits and comments.
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Fantastic! This sort of heron is here not so much to see
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