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We have a family of green herons living in our backyard
Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:38 pm
In the last couple of weeks we noticed them flying between trees. They are not all that common here and we don’t live particularly close to water. There is a neighborhood pond down the road.
They are not bothered by us at all. When we go out they just watch us.
Pretty neat watching them.
Oh, the net is to keep hawks away from our chickens. We had one kill one last year and got new chicks and they are about big enough to not worry about a hawk killing one.
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Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:42 pm to bbvdd
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green herons
I hear they taste like chicken…
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:04 pm to bbvdd
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chickens
I hear they taste like green herons…
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:09 pm to bbvdd
They are very good eating. Gros’ Bec. One of my great uncles got caught with about 400 of them in the Marksville/Mansura cold storage in the 40’s.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:14 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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They are very good eating. Gros’ Bec. One of my great uncles got caught with about 400 of them in the Marksville/Mansura cold storage in the 40’s.
I grew up calling night herons a gros bec. The gray and white ones with a red eye. Is the green herons a gros bec as well?
Do the taste the same lol??
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:22 pm to Bigfishchoupique
Meh, ‘dis is a gros bec
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:28 pm to RichJ
If I’d dig I could find you a bunch of Gros’Bec’s. Different areas, different birds, different folks = different names
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:44 pm to Ol boy
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Do the taste the same lol??
I’ve only eaten the ones in the OP. When I was a kid I would shoot them at dusk on the roost with a .22 rifle CB caps. I could fill a tub. Would bring them to my PawPaw. He liked them more than poule’ d’eau.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:46 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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If I’d dig I could find you a bunch of Gros’Bec’s. Different areas, different birds, different folks = different names
Every time I have encountered that name in Louisiana it was referencing a yellow crowned night heron. But I suspect to some of these kids now it could be any bird.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:48 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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When I was a kid I would shoot them at dusk on the roost with a .22 rifle CB caps. I could fill a tub. Would bring them to my PawPaw. He liked them more than poule’ d’eau
Well they must taste the same cus my pawpaw preferred them to Pooldeau as well,, he’ll I think he preferred them to any other bird.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:28 pm to Ol boy
Poule’d’eau is an American Coot. “ water chicken” in French. Look at the feet.
This post was edited on 6/29/25 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:43 am to Bigfishchoupique
quote:Not in this case. That's just a misidentification. Gros becs are night herons. What you shot at a roost were night herons.
If I’d dig I could find you a bunch of Gros’Bec’s. Different areas, different birds, different folks = different names
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 7:46 am
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:16 am to Bigfishchoupique
Very much an Avoyelles things. There may or may not be very tasty !
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:09 am to bbvdd
We use to have Green Herons at our old place on Smith.
FWIW - Chickens never get big enough a Hawk wont mess with them given an opportunity.
FWIW - Chickens never get big enough a Hawk wont mess with them given an opportunity.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:29 am to Ol boy
The old folks called green herons, “cop cop.”
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:36 pm to bbvdd
Awesome pic, thanks for sharing.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:08 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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I’ve only eaten the ones in the OP. When I was a kid I would shoot them at dusk on the roost with a .22 rifle CB caps. I could fill a tub. Would bring them to my PawPaw. He liked them more than poule’ d’eau.
This is quite possibly the most “typically Louisiana” post I have ever read here!
Posted on 7/2/25 at 4:45 am to bbvdd
We've had what I think are little blue herons nesting in our neighborhood for the last several years. They come back to the same Live Oak tree year after year.
It's fun to watch them stalking the yards and snatching insects out of the grass. But it's not fun if the nest is over your driveway or car. Their shite/puke is horrific and can require a power washer to remove.
It's fun to watch them stalking the yards and snatching insects out of the grass. But it's not fun if the nest is over your driveway or car. Their shite/puke is horrific and can require a power washer to remove.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 5:01 am to Bigfishchoupique
Wait a minute. Are you speaking of Poule’d’eau in regards to their gizzards (big) or breast/meat (paper thin).
I shot and cleaned one once, but wasn’t enough meat to even cook and wasn’t interested in making a gizzard gumbo at the time. So how did PawPaw eat these?
I shot and cleaned one once, but wasn’t enough meat to even cook and wasn’t interested in making a gizzard gumbo at the time. So how did PawPaw eat these?
Posted on 7/2/25 at 2:32 pm to NorCali
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So how did PawPaw eat these?
MawMaw made gumbo with them. My Momma would give me either poule’ d’eau broth or oyster soup ( without cream) when I was sick as a kid. Better than chicken soup.
Our coots had breast bigger than teal.
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