[Tweeters] Great Blue Herons defending their feeding grounds

[Dennis Paulson]

Nancy, that is just wonderful; thanks for the music. In all the years I've been watching Great Blues, I've never seen that either. I have seen a lot of overt aggression instead of that beautiful display.
 
Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On 09/12/2023 11:35 AM PDT Nancy Morrison <weedsrus1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I was in the Sammamish River Slough recently when I witnessed two Great Blue Herons doing this wonderful slow motion dance. I have since learned that this is how they defend their feeding grounds. In all my years of watching GBH, I had never seen this display before. My apologies, but I could not avoid the temptation to put it to music.

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tii_We-3izs

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> Nancy Morrison

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