Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Henry




We'll wait for birder Greg Johnson to fill in the proper name of this graceful wading bird that was fishing along the shore of the city pond on Hayden this morning. We were on our way to the San Francisco Giants Fantasy Camp when we noticed Henry quietly fishing along the shore. He never caught anything, though we know there are fish in the pond. Kathleen watched in amazement as a cormorant caught, lost, and swallowed a huge fish whole on Sunday.
Henry is a crane or a stork or a heron or some such thing. Greg?

Greg says:
Great Blue Heron. We have 'em in Minnesota. Maybe some day in your idyllic pond, huh?