I was startled one day to look up and see a heron high up on a wire. I don't recall ever seeing one perched that way and was amazed at how its bulk could be balanced on a narrow wire that has some give in the wind. Maybe it's no different from a branch, but out in the wide open it's is quite the sight.
A blog created by Donna Matrazzo, science and history writer living and working in a floating home on the Multnomah Channel on Sauvie Island outside Portland, Oregon, USA. Posts include wildlife encounters and descriptions, kayaking, other boating, moorage life, history, Sauvie Island Conservancy, the river, and the crazy, quirky and unexpected experiences of living on the water. I'm the author of "Wild Things: Adventures of a Grassroots Environmentalist," an Oregon Book Award finalist.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Heron on Wire -- Balancing Act
I was startled one day to look up and see a heron high up on a wire. I don't recall ever seeing one perched that way and was amazed at how its bulk could be balanced on a narrow wire that has some give in the wind. Maybe it's no different from a branch, but out in the wide open it's is quite the sight.
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