Seeing that heron in my yard yesterday reminded me I have a lot of photos from Sanibel Island I haven’t yet shared. I also have one video – of a great blue heron. When the fishing boats would come back to the dock they would leave the bait bin open. The birds were clearly aware of this and lined up to snack. We must have watched this guy eat twenty fish! (just off the right you can see the beak of an egret who was waiting for his turn…)
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Uninvited Guest
I went to my back door to have a look at the weather. To my surprise in the middle of my pond on a rock (under which I hope my fish are hiding) was a great blue heron. I may no longer have fish. I don’t know. The heron looked at me placidly for a moment when I opened the door as if to let me know that flying away languidly was his idea completely and I should run a better restaurant.
I should have gotten my real camera – this is a phone photo. I regret that now, but honestly don’t seek a new opportunity. I need to figure out how to make that rock impossible for the heron to stand upon.
Scene in Sanibel: December 30, 2014
Oh, just a great blue heron hanging out on a boat at the dock in front of our cabin. No big deal.
Scene while walking: November 6, 2013
On a recent non-foggy walk into work along the Columbia River a great blue heron flew by me and landed on an antenna. I’ve seen them land in trees, but this was really unusual. I walked by and he was quite unconcerned as he surveyed the river.
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