A Couple of Rare Herons

OK, sorry, I got nervous with this one because i thought it would fly away and it did.

I looked this one up on Google and apparently it is a Yellow Crowned Night Heron, I had never seen this bird before. It was not nervous at all and I got to around eight feet from it before it flew away. Now I wonder why it is called a night heron? I saw it around eleven am so it can't be that it is nocturnal.

Well I kept on walking and then I saw this guy in the water probably fishing:

These pictures are of the same bird even though it looks like its different birds, the sun played its part here. I looked it up and it is either a Blue Heron or a Purple Heron, I had not seen these before either. These herons always turn up in these months fleeing from the cold I guess. Mostly it is black or white ones. Also as you can see there is a plastic bottle in one of the pictures, this is most unfortunate, but some people just can't put their trash where it belongs.

I am not a great bird watcher but I do enjoy watching these birds especially when they take up flight, they actually look beautiful. During this walk I also came upon three squirrels and they pelted me with ripe almonds, seems they only eat the green ones.