[NatureNS] GB Herons

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From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:37:17 -0300
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I've never thought of herons as sociable birds – at least not in the  
way Starlings
and Waxwings are. This morning at about 11 on a bank overlooking the  
Guzzle
11 GBHs, looking for all the world like statues, stood in their  
classic hunched pose
in a line and spaced about 15' apart, almost immobile. Occasionally a  
head would
move but that was all. Mind you they weren't exactly socializing but  
to be grouped for
the half hour or so I watched seemed didn't seem like any Heron  
behaviour I've
noticed.

I thought this must be unusual behavior, or perhaps they were migrating
as a group.

Knowledgeable comments on this sighting appreciated.

Mike McCall

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