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Heron Appreciation Thread

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#16160292 - 04/30/12 03:15 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

This majestic fellow hunts a local pond. It's a picnic area and there always people, including kids.
The birds are all quite calm about it, and I've seen the heron hunting while spectators stood a few yards away.

Also, goslings!

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#16160303 - 04/30/12 03:16 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Herons are suave.

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#16160306 - 04/30/12 03:17 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Oh....
I thought this thread was gonna be about Heroin.

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#16160314 - 04/30/12 03:18 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

I read that title as Heroin appreciation thread.

I have a family of GBH at the pond near me. will get pics when the rain stops.

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#16160327 - 04/30/12 03:20 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

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LySergic D said:
Oh....
I thought this thread was gonna be about Heroin.

Lulz me too

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#16160330 - 04/30/12 03:21 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Herons are suave, and like to treat themselves much in the same manner as an english landowner would.

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#16160334 - 04/30/12 03:21 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

what up doc?

herons are chill..

isnt it like honesty day or some fake bullshit of a so called assed holiday as well?

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#16160341 - 04/30/12 03:22 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Quote:

Beefy1 said:
I have a family of GBH at the pond near me. will get pics when the rain stops.

Baby herons aren't as cute as baby geese, but we're certainly going to need pics!

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#16160352 - 04/30/12 03:25 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Have these out in the back of my creek all the time.

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#16160393 - 04/30/12 03:30 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Quote:

LySergic D said:
Oh....
I thought this thread was gonna be about Heroin.

same here

I love herons.

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#16160408 - 04/30/12 03:34 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

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unknown1123 said:
Have these out in the back of my creek all the time.

Beautiful pictures

they look like pterodactyls sometimes lulz

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#16160416 - 04/30/12 03:37 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Birds living in the Galapagos for thousands of years in the absence of any natural predators still duck and hide from the projected shadow of a predator.

Thus, imprints last for awhile.

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#16160434 - 04/30/12 03:42 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Quote:

LySergic D said:
Oh....
I thought this thread was gonna be about Heroin.

I love heroin. Its the best drug, until you run out.

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#16160494 - 04/30/12 03:55 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

I saw a heron do something not so suave last week, it flew into some trees and there was this huge crashing sound. About 20 mins later it flew away though so I guess it was fine. My mother in law calls them "herrings" and just ignores you if you correct her, she says a lot of words weird though.

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#16160551 - 04/30/12 04:06 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

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I AM SWIM said:
Quote:

LySergic D said:
Oh....
I thought this thread was gonna be about Heroin.

same here

I love herons.

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#16160648 - 04/30/12 04:25 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

the ouzel is my favorite bird, and is probably on the heron's menu. the expression on that heron's face when he's gulping down the rabbit had me laughing in tears.

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#16160829 - 04/30/12 05:00 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

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I AM SWIM said:

they look like pterodactyls sometimes lulz

Herons are among the most ancient of bird families, virtually unchanged since the Jurassic era.
Not closely related to pterodactyls, but very close to velociraptor and T. rex.

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#16160834 - 04/30/12 05:00 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

There weren't any birds around in the jurassic age.

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#16160873 - 04/30/12 05:09 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Sure there were. We just don't usually call them birds.

From the quoted wikipage, emphasis mine:

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At the end of the Cretaceous Period, all saurischians except the birds became extinct.

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#16160889 - 04/30/12 05:13 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

cool thread man--i live round some water myself--go fishin ALOT-i mean ALOT--see herons, ospreys, kingfishers, geese,haha bout got flogged by one the other day--and quite a few species of hawks---i love to watch the birds--maybe ill take a few pics next time

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#16160966 - 04/30/12 05:28 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Quote:

Doc_T said:
Sure there were. We just don't usually call them birds.

From the quoted wikipage, emphasis mine:

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At the end of the Cretaceous Period, all saurischians except the birds became extinct.

Alright, there weren't any feathered (real feathers that can support flight), beaked birds around in the jurassic age. That went virtually unchanged until today. Sorry to be all anal, it's my old dinosaur obsession coming back after 18 years. I'm not an expert, but I'm very sure Herons are more recent than the dinosaur age.

I mean, the Heron is a classic bird, suave and smooth, if a bit conservative and old-fashioned. It's certainly not archaic like any old archaeopteryx.

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#16160978 - 04/30/12 05:31 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

Very cool birds, that's for sure. So majestic and graceful.

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#16160999 - 04/30/12 05:35 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

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Beefy1 said:
I read that title as Heroin appreciation thread.

Yeah I thought that at first as well! No heroin in this thread sir!

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#16161165 - 04/30/12 06:07 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

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I'm very sure Herons are more recent than the dinosaur age.

They are among the oldest of the (true, modern) birds. So, pretty close to (classic, standard) dinosaurs, IMHO.
Let's say we're both right. :thumbup:

Glad you heroin guys are enjoying the thread, I hoped the title would do that. :lol:

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#16162842 - 04/30/12 11:11 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

I see these sometimes when playing golf.
Majestic ass bird right thar
edit: dammit someone used the word majestic before i did.
still elegant

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#16162854 - 04/30/12 11:13 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

I worked as a river guide in an area that literally had an overpopulation of Herons because no one hunted them.

Herons and big horn sheep. I could care less I've seen so many of them.

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#16162865 - 04/30/12 11:15 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

When I worked for the department of fisheries and oceans, we had fish in these huge holding tanks. The herons would spear them through the netting, but since they couldn't get the fish out, they'd just take a large chunk out of them. They'd keep doing that until they got their fill and then the next day I'd be forced to use a large fishing net to gather all the corpses of the dead fish left behind.

Nice lookin birds, but they're really one of mother nature's bastards.

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#16163016 - 04/30/12 11:46 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

they eat all of the expensive koi out of the beautiful ponds my cousin created. they're pretty oportunistic. i've never had a problem with them yet, but i'm thinking of puting in ponds here since i have year round massive amounts of the best srping water on the planet. it really is the best, and i fear nestle is going to come here someday and pump above me in the nat forest. that would be the absolute last straw for me. they're operation would not work here...

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#16163062 - 04/30/12 11:59 PM (1 year, 22 days ago)

I'm in the "thought this thread was about heroin" camp

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#16163406 - 05/01/12 01:15 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

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I'm in the "thought this thread was about heroin" camp

It's a pretty big group, welcome.

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#16163416 - 05/01/12 01:18 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

dyou guys ever see that king of the hill episode when they go for a snipe hunt but end up knocking out a heron and bobby brings it back to life and says ''Im a shaman!''.... thats a good episode

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#16163683 - 05/01/12 02:35 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

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Butt-Head said:
dyou guys ever see that king of the hill episode when they go for a snipe hunt but end up knocking out a heron and bobby brings it back to life and says ''Im a shaman!''.... thats a good episode

That was a whooping crane.

I'll try for pics of the nest tomorrow. couldn't get out today.

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I worked as a river guide in an area that literally had an overpopulation of Herons because no one hunted them.

Herons and big horn sheep. I could care less I've seen so many of them.

Try the suburbs. Every drainage pond seems to have a pair.

I've been on canoe trips where everyone would want to stop when we saw a heron. drove me nuts. cool bird but I see them every day.

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#16163705 - 05/01/12 02:43 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

I once saw a Bald Eagle swoop down and snatch a baby Canada Goose in flurry of feathers.
One of the coolest things I've seen!

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#16163715 - 05/01/12 02:45 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

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I once saw a Bald Eagle swoop down and snatch a baby Canada Goose in flurry of feathers.
One of the coolest things I've seen!

Needs to happen more. Canada geese suck

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#16163824 - 05/01/12 03:17 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

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Quote:

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I once saw a Bald Eagle swoop down and snatch a baby Canada Goose in flurry of feathers.
One of the coolest things I've seen!

Needs to happen more. Canada geese suck

Yeah I can't stand 'em shittin' everywhere and eatin' all the grass.

I've got this deep hatred for geese because when I was like a year
old we had some geese that would chase me around the yard and bite my ass...
Right through the diaper!!! Fuckers, I haven't been the same since.

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#16163848 - 05/01/12 03:25 AM (1 year, 21 days ago)

The Heron is the motherfucking pter-o-dactyl of our times.

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#16176638 - 05/03/12 03:25 PM (1 year, 19 days ago)

No heron today, but the goslings were home:

Also, turtle gymnastics!

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