We live in the suburbs of Dallas, and there is a drainage creek here and the neighbors have trees- and so every spring these birds come here and eat at the spring (ditch) and roost in the neighbor’s tree across from our house- they stay through the summer- there are about 4 at least. We go out in the evening to watch them walk the street looking for bugs. They are so tall! Magnificent!
I filmmed one arter hurricane Sandy the following day at night around 2am let me get close too,funny thing too.you see my boat has really loud engines,I was really surprised.. There are some big ones not sure if its the same species,but come out at night and eats the baby ducks..
Watching mine @ Greenpoint where after 10 o'clock it turns to Gunspoint for 12 hours,twice a day. Peace thru Superior Firepower from us old farts. Life sentence isn't a much of a deterrent.