Weedstalk'r Jr 230120 Set 1 -06 (Press L to enlarge)
For those who think there are wayyyy toooo maaannny images in this series/album, let me say, that they're NOT pour vous, but
for all the local folks who ask me several times every month,
'Have you seen the heron recently?'
Well, I see dozens of herons every year, sometimes as many as 14 of 'em all at once in the Great Cottonwood of Raptor Tree Pond, Thomson Marsh. But the subject of this series/album is a youngish Great Blue (Ardea herodias) that hunts the weeds like an older heron I had previously named Weedstalkr. The latter has much more resplendent breast plumage. Here, Jr is hunting in Thomson Brook, Kelowna, BC, well to the north east of the RTPond.
On the far west side of the trail, a fellow Marsh walker had told me that she'd seen 'the heron' over in Thomson Brook — a 10 minute walk away. I was pretty sure he'd likely been there all afternoon and would probably still be there when I arrived. So I took my time and checked out many spots along the way for other denizens of The Marsh. When I arrived at TBrk, I found him pretty much frozen in this position — well, not 'frozen' frozen, as the sun was warm this glorious afternoon — holding this pose for more than a couple of minutes. I was patient, and tried not to disturb his reverie.
Weedstalk'r Jr 230120 Set 1 -06 (Press L to enlarge)
For those who think there are wayyyy toooo maaannny images in this series/album, let me say, that they're NOT pour vous, but
for all the local folks who ask me several times every month,
'Have you seen the heron recently?'
Well, I see dozens of herons every year, sometimes as many as 14 of 'em all at once in the Great Cottonwood of Raptor Tree Pond, Thomson Marsh. But the subject of this series/album is a youngish Great Blue (Ardea herodias) that hunts the weeds like an older heron I had previously named Weedstalkr. The latter has much more resplendent breast plumage. Here, Jr is hunting in Thomson Brook, Kelowna, BC, well to the north east of the RTPond.
On the far west side of the trail, a fellow Marsh walker had told me that she'd seen 'the heron' over in Thomson Brook — a 10 minute walk away. I was pretty sure he'd likely been there all afternoon and would probably still be there when I arrived. So I took my time and checked out many spots along the way for other denizens of The Marsh. When I arrived at TBrk, I found him pretty much frozen in this position — well, not 'frozen' frozen, as the sun was warm this glorious afternoon — holding this pose for more than a couple of minutes. I was patient, and tried not to disturb his reverie.