Canyon

I can't ID that emergent grass, but I too have it and like it as it doesn't seem to spread much and I think it looks cool. Anything to help utilize my high nutrient loads is welcome to grow in my ponds provided they're not invasive or too difficult to manage.

My first guess was a Green Heron, my second is an American Bittern. Both are herons, both eat whatever they can fit down their throats! Although I'll bet these little guys are probably targeting tadpoles and smaller fish.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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