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Something very unexpected just happened. I was outside mowing the lawn (hopefully for the last time for this season), and looked over at our tiny little backyard pond (about 4' x 8' across), and there, standing on the edge inspecting it, was what I think I've identified as a Great Blue Heron. It stayed long enough for me to get Beth to come outside to see it. Sadly we don't have pictures, as the camera was stolen last week, and the replacement has not yet arrived.

We are relatively close to Lake Massabesic, which probably supports quite a lot of water birds, but not so close that finding one in my back yard wasn't quite unexpected.