HERON

<P>It is not uncommon</P>

<P>on summer evenings</P>

<P>to see a heron</P>

<P>making its way</P>

<P>up from Seneca Lake</P>

<P>to one of the small</P>

<P>ponds on the ridge</P>

<P>where it nests</P>

<P>and sleeps.</P>

<P>But one day I was</P>

<P>picking blueberries</P>

<P>on the hill,</P>

<P>and in the sunny</P>

<P>blue July sky</P>

<P>were five Herons,</P>

<P>flying all together</P>

<P>at their</P>

<P>deliberate,stately pace.</P>

<P>It was awesome!</P>
<P>*******************</P>
<P>Click Pictures Below</P>
<P>For Item Pages.</P>



HERON ORNAMENT  ****Bird Ornaments****
****HERON PIN**** Heron Jewelry/Bird Jewelry
HERON LAPEL/TIE PIN Bird Lapel/Tie Pin
HERON ORNAMENT ****Bird Ornaments****

$24.00
****HERON PIN**** Heron Jewelry/Bird Jewelry

$22.50
HERON LAPEL/TIE PIN Bird Lapel/Tie Pin

$20.50


This is the write-up that will come with the Heron Ornament:

"With the happy thoughtlessness of a summer's day's walk, we followed the path out of the forest to an earthen dam which was making a small pond at the foot of a greater marsh. There we saw a Great Blue Heron who, like a scholar disturbed at his carrel by a group of chatty students, unobtrusively rose from his work and left for a more secluded venue.

  • ORDER: Ciconiiformes
  • FAMILY: Ardeidae (herons,egrets, & bitterns)
  • GENUS & SPECIES: Ardea herodias
  • SIZE: About 4 feet tall. Lives 15 years.
  • GEOGRAPHY: North America
  • HABITAT: haunts marshes, lake margins, rivers & small streams.
  • NESTING: Platform of sticks in swamp trees-usually in colonies.
    3 - 4 dull bluish eggs
    Both parents share incubation and feeding.
  • FLIGHT: Measured wing-beats with legs straight back & neck tucked in an S-shape.
  • Fossil remains of herons & ibises have been found from 40 million yrs. ago."


    Copyright L.Proper


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    Washington State Dept. of Fish & Wildlife (click here)
    Would you like to see Great Blue Herons? The WDFW site has really neat wildlife file video of Great Blue Herons nesting.(The site will open in a "new window". You can close the window by clicking on the "X" at the top right of your screen or closing the tab to return to this page.)



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