Another good shot. Your mention of the hours spent in a single pose
reminded me of a great blue story. When I lived in Florida I used to
work at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach as a
volunteer docent ("roving interpreter" in US Fish & Wildlife speak).
The visitor's center had a pond on either side of it. One usually
contained an 8 foot female gator and the other was frequently hunted and
fished by a large great blue heron. Of course, anyone who has ever
watched a heron on hunt will realize that they can stand in a single
spot without moving for hours on end.
One day I noticed a woman observing the heron for quite some time but
didn't speak to her and paid it little attention as I was in
conversation with some other visitors. A bit later on I happened to
pass by her again and as I did so she stopped me, pointed to the heron
and asked why we had "plastic birds" stuck in the water at a wildlife
refuge. But not nearly as bad a mistake as the visitor I apprehended
who was climbing through the rail fence to go sit on "Molly" the 8 foot
gator in the other pond. He thought she was plastic too. Just two of
many stories from the refuge.
Chuck Norcutt
Richard Lovison wrote:
> A pose that this particular heron can spend hours in. I know. I was
> out watching them for four hours today. This heron probably had similar
> observations of the pose I was in... sitting on my behind. :)
>
> http://bcn.net/~rlovison/OMlist/blueheron3.html
>
> Richard
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