I saw this Green Heron just as it flew away from one spot at Delta Ponds to make a pinpoint landing on a rock in another spot. This small heron is a wary one and moves fast. And it is capable of such precision flight, plus they are expert hunters.

Green Heron population has gone through a gradual decline of over 1.5% per year from 1966 to 2014, everywhere in the US except for California, where their population increased. The biggest threat has been habitat loss through the draining or development of wetlands.