Monday, November 14, 2011

Startled by a Great Blue Heron on a Dog Walk

Great blue heron similar to the one we saw
This morning I (Rob) was walking our dogs through the neighborhood as usual, when the dogs all stopped and looked over at a lawn... (I took the pic of them) and a Great Blue Heron took off flapping its giant wings!  Although we're about 12 miles from the Chesapeake Bay, I don't remember ever seeing one of these huge beautiful birds. Neither have our dogs, so it was quite a surprise!
 Our Dachshund Franklin (who has caught and killed a couple of small birds) probably thought that he's met his match! 
  From Wikipedia:
The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands.

Dolly, Franklin and Sprite wondering what kind of big bird that was!

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I'm a simple guy who enjoys the simple things in life, especially our dogs. I volunteer for dog rescues, enjoy exercising, blogging, politics, helping friends and neighbors, participating in ghost investigations, coffee, weather, superheroes, comic books, mystery novels, traveling, 70s and 80s music, classic country music,writing books on ghosts and spirits, cooking simply and keeping in shape. You'll find tidbits of all of these things on this blog and more. EMAIL me at Rgutro@gmail.com - Rob

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