Having bird brains I think many times herons will strike on automatic and not
consider if dinner will fit down their throat.
There was a heron in the San Juan islands in my state, WA, who struck at a
turtle and ended up with the poor turtle stuck on his beak as the heron's beak
went in one leg hole and out the other.
Herons have been known to court *female* heron decoys and attempt to skewer
*male* heron decoys.

Good luck and I hope he doesn't come back!
If he does, netting, a waterspray motion device or an electric dog fence are
ways to try and stop him.


k30a