I’m not sure what his problem was but something set him off. Funny, but it wasn’t us either.
Rather than fly or run away this bird ran along the opposite side of a small stream, directly at us. Jumping and puffing up the whole time.
Ultimately he ran right past us. All full of himself and  strutting up stream.
I wonder what was up with this heron?! It must have been something to see. Great photos!
It’s always different and fun. We were with 2 local experienced counters (still juveniles to be counted for DEP, DNR, etc.) and they had not seen it before either.