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I took this pic this morning near Marshall NC.
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I saw one standing in a bean field in locust NC last week...
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They sure need thinning out.
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Really nice pic. We get to see them on our pond occasionally. My dad watched two males fight to the death a few years back. He said it was pretty brutal.
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one has been in the retention pond by the fire house on Spencer for a few years now. It's not stupid enough to mess with the turkey herd a bit south of it.
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They sure need thinning out. Yes, yes they do. This was the most foul smelling crap I've ever had to clean up. Imagine rotting lutefisk. I'm just glad the SOB missed me.
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I have a tree stand looking over a creek. Last year every afternoon one would could walking down the creek looking for dinner.
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They are the host for the little white worms that get in fish here. I hope they all fly somewhere else.
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They frequently use my pond as a buffet for bream.
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They’re pretty. Trail camera took this pic at the little creek on my farm, near Shelby, NC, back in May. I see it regularly and it’ll let me get fairly close. I guess it’s used to seeing my old truck.
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Found one by my pond a month ago with its back eaten out. Don't know what did it, but I'd like to thank it.
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God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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They are the host for the little white worms that get in fish here. I hope they all fly somewhere else. Prob’ly common knowledge in these parts that herons host species of tapeworms where the alternate hosts are small fishes. In the fish the tapeworm larvae lodges in the brain. An affected minnow, still able to feed and survive, will periodically spin as it swims, making it highly visible and easy to catch. Such that a significant proportion of fish caught by a heron or egret are these afflicted fish. In the heron the tapeworms regulate their own numbers so as not to kill the host. An entire predator/prey dynamic regulated and driven by the parasite. It is my understanding that the various spoons and spinners used by fishermen actually mimic parasitized fish.
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Charley is a legend on the docks of Siesta Key.
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Saw one standing along side the road while I was still in high school. Thought it odd that, one, it wasn't near water, and two, it didn't fly as I passed by. So I turned around and went to investigate. Walked right up to it and picked it up. It was obviously distressed, but I couldn't find any external damage.
I put in the car and drove to my girlfriends house, where I retrieved the bird as I got out of the car. All the family that was home at the time came out to see the heron. As I was standing there holding bird, it did nothing more than watch everyone. Except my girlfriends brother. The heron evidently didn't like the looks of said brother, and promptly speared him in the head with the pointy end of the beak, it's mouth open about a half inch. It must have hurt a bit since I thought I saw a puff of smoke from around the area of the furious rubbing.
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Saw one standing along side the road while I was still in high school. Thought it odd that, one, it wasn't near water, and two, it didn't fly as I passed by. So I turned around and went to investigate. Walked right up to it and picked it up. It was obviously distressed, but I couldn't find any external damage.
I put in the car and drove to my girlfriends house, where I retrieved the bird as I got out of the car. All the family that was home at the time came out to see the heron. As I was standing there holding bird, it did nothing more than watch everyone. Except my girlfriends brother. The heron evidently didn't like the looks of said brother, and promptly speared him in the head with the pointy end of the beak, it's mouth open about a half inch. It must have hurt a bit since I thought I saw a puff of smoke from around the area of the furious rubbing. Great story. David, is that you? Gee, nice to see you back. Hope you are doing well.
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We call them cream shidters.
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There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Saw one standing along side the road while I was still in high school. Thought it odd that, one, it wasn't near water, and two, it didn't fly as I passed by. So I turned around and went to investigate. Walked right up to it and picked it up. It was obviously distressed, but I couldn't find any external damage.
I put in the car and drove to my girlfriends house, where I retrieved the bird as I got out of the car. All the family that was home at the time came out to see the heron. As I was standing there holding bird, it did nothing more than watch everyone. Except my girlfriends brother. The heron evidently didn't like the looks of said brother, and promptly speared him in the head with the pointy end of the beak, it's mouth open about a half inch. It must have hurt a bit since I thought I saw a puff of smoke from around the area of the furious rubbing. Friend of mine had one caught in a muskrat trap. Since the sensible thing to do was / is illegal, he decided to throw his coat over it and release it. Damn thing speared him right in the eye, ruptured the eyeball, permanently blinded in his right eye.
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Back in the late 90’s when I was a helicopter pilot for Columbus P. D. A homicide detective called and said they had a tip on a missing woman. Tipster said her husband killed her and threw her body into the Scioto River. I flew that detective low and slow as safely possible from Columbus south to Circleville (about 30 miles). I counted 35 Blue Herons along the way. Didn’t find the missing woman though.
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