April 14

April 14, 2008 by OrientSee.

Our survival school instructors tried to teach us the art of hiding. One principle that they emphasized was stillness. If you could remain motionless that would go a very long way to staying hidden. These two Great Blue Herons were very still and I did not see them at all. What gave them away was a Great Egret that was feeding in the water directly in front of them. I noticed two indistinct shapes that did not belong to a phragmites stand. After a moment I recognized that the shapes were two herons with their backs to me. I would never have caught sight of them without the egret. I got a little closer for this photo. Elsewhere, there was a flock of 40-50 Brant feeding off the flats. They are a sort of smaller goose. Two crows were hassling a RedTail Hawk and drove it off. Some gulls tried to mob the two Osprey but gave up after the Osprey settled down to roost on the short poles by the Long Dike. The Osprey have definitely settled in. I’ll leave you with this urban Spring bouquet.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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