Emerged adult, deceased. Many exoskeletons. Likely the soil was heated to 64’F at a more rapid pace than surrounding area due to the east-facing black fabric landscape fencing that extends under the ground, displacing heat. Neat phenomenon .
tree swallows also present
Finally went through some pics of when the flamingos were here. Thought the pic was funny. Already uploaded flamingos (181374471)
The first time I had ever seen this, i videoed the entire event as well from entry to exit. It was as if this species swims all the time. I sent it to a frogmouth expert and she had never seen that before. The bird chose to swim and flew away very easily after its swim. There appeared to be no explanation for the bird swimming as it was not particularly hot or anything unusual.
baby............
Green Heron with leucism/albinism.
@jayisunj this thing was a tank
ID is from past bugguide IDs