Last time we were at Bandon we found
a great blue heron resting in a shore pine snag at the edge of a little
pond. He spent a couple of hours at
midday, when the tide was high, preening carefully. At little scratching was in order too. When
it was time to feed the heron flew a short way to the exposed rocks in the
tidal zone of the Coquille River estuary. Hunting for small fish was good in
shallows amongst the rocks.
Today a stiff wind blows. A heron, probably the same one, is at the
same pond. He walks slowly out of the
shadows of the trees and into the pond.
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| This is the only sketch in this post that isn't a field sketch ….. sketched from one of our photos. |
The heron straightens his neck,
carefully watching the water beneath. Hunting isn’t very good. Dale photographs and I sketch for a good hour
without seeing him catch anything. His
luck probably wouldn’t be any better on the estuary where the wind is whipping
up a choppy riffle in addition to big waves rolling in. Some days fishing looks so easy for these
herons, but not today.
Wonderful drawings! And I love herons!
ReplyDeleteHerons are such a specialty of yours…always the most interesting positions. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteLove these birds. I love to go watch them fish at the duck pond. Something so graceful about them. Lovely job as usual.oh and thanks so much for your kind help on downloading my photos unto my laptop today. :))
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