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In July when I was staying for a week at a cottage by Johnston's River in P.E.I., one day 30 Great Blue Herons (I counted them twice) were stretched at low tide almost from one bank of a shallow part of the river to the other -- staggered apart a little too much to be having the "old-time, taciturn" conversation Jane talks about. At the time they seemed to be watching and waiting rather than fishing. Someone canoeing along the river might've seen them as some sort of guards or sentinels. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "David&Jane Schlosberg" <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 2:22 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] GB Herons, socialising > At low tide, in the basin where the Caribou river empties out (near > Waterside beach), we have often seen twenty or more GB herons, standing > motionless as you describe, Mike. We joked about their "meetings" for > years. They reminded me of the old-time, taciturn Pictou county Scotsmen, > occasionally exchanging a terse, dry but trenchant comment. > Jane > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Mike McCall > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:37 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] GB Herons > > > 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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