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Index of Subjects Hi Brian: Dylan Thomas wrote of a "heron priested shore." Maybe they were meditating/praying? Cheers, Ian McLaren Quoting Brian Bartlett <bbartlett@eastlink.ca>: > 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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