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| Great Blue Heron likes to people watch when she goes to the beach. |
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| The old man in the blue hat likes to pretend she's not there. |
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| Great Blue Heron finds this very curious. |
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| Most people stare. |
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| Great Blue Heron also likes watching the sunset. |
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| It is her favorite things of all. |
7 comments:
sunsets and walks on the beach how is it that this bird stands alone?
He's a funny guy. I suspect he's the same bird I recently saw being fed by a woman who brought a bucket of fish to the beach. He was standing in front of her gobbling up everything she tossed his way.
Feeding wildlife, especially the larger critters, is never a good idea. They stop foraging and become beggars and eventually some of them suffer some dreadful consequence. Bears are an example of that. Humans can be pretty intolerant once the fun wears off.
That said, I have to admit that I do feed the birds and squirrels here and, of course, at home. That can disrupt things. For instance, there is a bird species here who breed early if people put seed out for them earlier than it is available in nature. As a consequence, the babies are born early and that threatens their survival. As I understand it, we are past that time of the year so it's probably okay that I am sprinkling goodies around the pineapple palm but who knows what else gets knocked out of balance? ...sigh....
Kimberlee,
P.S. OTOH, regarding this particular, wonderful Great Blue Heron who, now that I am thinking about it, must have a name like Raphael or Raoul, surely he is a poet at heart and thus relishes, even requires, loooooong, looooonley strolls on the beach in the lovely melancholy light of the setting sun in order to comume with the Great What Is and nourish his soul. After all, hanging out with humans all day can be very distracting.
oh a tortured artistic soul heron, ok now I understand the solo walks on the beach watching the sunset. The quest for inspiration can be a lonely process.
Indeed. ;)
So, I am curious. Is it possible, in Florida, to watch the sun rise over the ocean, then drive like hell and watch it set over the Gulf later that day? I mean, sure. Right?
Roy, you betcha! It only takes a couple of hours to zoom across the state. OTOH, you can kayak across it as well and probably in time to see the sun set in the west. Of course, Raphael could probably fly across it faster than you could kayak it but he might prefer to sit on the bow of your boat. Sort of an Owl and Pussy Cat thing.
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