A heated confrontation between a Pinellas County homeowner and his neighbor has angered the community over the shooting of a protected bird.

Officials said a man who shot and killed both a great blue heron and a mallard duck in Pinellas County was issued a citation.

A lifeless great blue heron appears to be floating in the neighbor ... “You moved into the birds’ house. You cannot kill the animals that live here,” the man filming the video shoots ...

A lifeless great blue heron appears to be floating in the neighbor’s pool ... to get ’em away,” the 42-year-old says at one point. “You moved into the birds’ house. You cannot kill the animals that ...