My favorite character is the heron.
Okay, not really, but herons are cool. Every summer at my parents' lake house, I take my camera and go out on my parents' pedal boat to look for them.
Those herons are blue, though, and the ones out here in Southern California are white. And none of them are as unafraid of people as the one in the anime.
Anyway, on a more on-topic topic, I really like this show so far. Even Episode 3, which soured a lot of people, but the Japanese do that kind of deadpan absurdity really well.
Count me among those who thought it was obvious from the first episode that Minko liked Tohru. I totally didn't see him going for Yuina, though.