Hunting Gray Heron

[ellarien]

Moments later, the heron took a couple of very slow, cautious steps, as if playing Grandmother's Footsteps, and then pounced out of view. When we saw him again, he had a beakful of wriggling fish, which he proceeded to gulp down.

Comments

Oooh shiny!

[redbird]

We get great blue herons (which I think are fairly close kin) around here, but I've never seen one that close. (Night herons, yes, usually immediately before they notice me and fly off, squawking.)

Re: Oooh shiny!

[ellarien]

This is the closest I've ever been to one myself -- we see them around on various ponds from time to time, and once one flew past, following the railway line, while I was washing dishes.