Cecil, I've seen them in our area but not at the pond, they like to stay out of sight and are not seen very often.
Just my luck. I shell out $100.00 for a Great Blue Heron permit and they stop coming. Then another fish eating bird that rarely shows up at ponds shows up. But I don't have a permit for that species!
Last year when I didn't have a permit I had Herons coming out of my ears!
*&^%%$$!