Wonderful world of Herons....

I saw my third species of heron yesterday. It was a great blue heron.
I came upon it two days in a row now. The first day I spooked it and
it flew away into my neighbor's farm. The second time I spooked it and
it flew to the other side of the pond. I got my binoculars and watched
it watching me. After a few minutes I saw it re-enter the pond and
start to look for fish, frogs, etc. It looked like a grey/blue
flamingo. It was pretty neat. I'm sure it's picking off my nesting
fish though. I tried to get close and sneak up on it to get a picture
but it saw me behind the baby cheery trees and took off. They sure do
fly ungainly.

I've stumbled upon a Green Heron fishing once, and I've had to
opportunity to come across an endangered Yellow Heron as well. They
certainly are beautiful and interesting birds.

Sam

Sam Hopkins wrote:
I saw my third species of heron yesterday. It was a great blue heron.
I came upon it two days in a row now. The first day I spooked it and
it flew away into my neighbor's farm. The second time I spooked it and
it flew to the other side of the pond. I got my binoculars and watched
it watching me. After a few minutes I saw it re-enter the pond and
start to look for fish, frogs, etc. It looked like a grey/blue
flamingo. It was pretty neat. I'm sure it's picking off my nesting
fish though. I tried to get close and sneak up on it to get a picture
but it saw me behind the baby cheery trees and took off. They sure do
fly ungainly.

I've stumbled upon a Green Heron fishing once, and I've had to
opportunity to come across an endangered Yellow Heron as well. They
certainly are beautiful and interesting birds.

Sam

Hi Sam,
I am both thrilled and appauled when I see the herons. They
are lovely to watch but I hate it when they take my fish.
Isn't ponding great!
--
Bonnie
NJ

Hey Sam!
Three species, you need to start a life list of birds! They are fascinating
critters. Hard on folks who are attached to their fish... ;-)


kathy :-)
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We have those at our local National Wildlife refuge about a mile from our
home. There is one blue/gray Heron that hangs around the fishing piers.
The old-timers out there have named him. Whenever he sees a fisherman he
stands about 20 feet away waiting for a handout. They throw him a fish..he
catches it and GULP..GULP..down his long throat or flies across the water to
his roost. They are like Jurassic creatures.........the sounds they make
could be right out of Jurassic Park. MIKE
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

Hey Sam!
Three species, you need to start a life list of birds! They are
fascinating
critters. Hard on folks who are attached to their fish... ;-)


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

(Minor Epiphany) Ha! Crab Orchard!

In a younger and stupider life I once walked across the spillway
barefoot. It's a miracle I didn't earn a Darwin Award.

I used to go "snagging" in the pool at the bottom for buffalo.

Mike

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:18:26 -0500, wrote:

We have those at our local National Wildlife refuge about a mile from our
home. There is one blue/gray Heron that hangs around the fishing piers.
The old-timers out there have named him. Whenever he sees a fisherman he
stands about 20 feet away waiting for a handout. They throw him a fish..he
catches it and GULP..GULP..down his long throat or flies across the water to
his roost. They are like Jurassic creatures.........the sounds they make
could be right out of Jurassic Park. MIKE
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

Hey Sam!
Three species, you need to start a life list of birds! They are
fascinating
critters. Hard on folks who are attached to their fish... ;-)


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..."

Mike How'd you guess??? LOL Yes..CRAB ORCHARD....BTW...I caught a 12 pound
carp a couple weeks ago at Crab on my 6 weight flyrod.. WHAT A FIGHT!!!
{:O) MIKE
"Mike Patterson" wrote in message
...
(Minor Epiphany) Ha! Crab Orchard!

In a younger and stupider life I once walked across the spillway
barefoot. It's a miracle I didn't earn a Darwin Award.

I used to go "snagging" in the pool at the bottom for buffalo.

Mike

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:18:26 -0500, wrote:

We have those at our local National Wildlife refuge about a mile from our
home. There is one blue/gray Heron that hangs around the fishing piers.
The old-timers out there have named him. Whenever he sees a fisherman he
stands about 20 feet away waiting for a handout. They throw him a
fish..he
catches it and GULP..GULP..down his long throat or flies across the water
to
his roost. They are like Jurassic creatures.........the sounds they make
could be right out of Jurassic Park. MIKE
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

Hey Sam!
Three species, you need to start a life list of birds! They are
fascinating
critters. Hard on folks who are attached to their fish... ;-)


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..."