Indian Pond Heron

The Indian Pond Heron or Paddy bird (Ardeola grayii) is a small heron. The Indian Pond Heron's feeding habitat is marshy wetlands. They usually feed at the edge of ponds. They may also on occasion swim on water or fish from the air and land in deeper waters. The breeding season is prior to the Monsoons. Pond herons feed on a diet of insects, fish and amphibians. One usually finds the bird standing all hunched up at a far corner of a water body. It watches and waits patiently till the time the prey comes within reach. The moment this happens, the prey is pulled out in a flash. The pond heron when at rest is all brown, which is supplemented with maroon hair like plums on the back and long white crest during the breeding season.

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