I was also able to observe the Little Blue Heron this afternoon, between 1:15 and 2:00. At first it was quite a ways down the shore, but as I was standing on the dock next to the boat ramp it flew in and began feeding on small fish along the shoreline about 15-20 feet away! I uploaded a short video to the MOU website.
Melissa Hein North Branch > The Little Blue heron at Turtle Lake Park was in a very obliging mood > this past couple of hours. Initially, at around 2:30, he was feeding > by the private docks to the north (right) of the public boat launch at > the end of the beach, with a Great Egret nearby for handy size > comparison. By the time I returned from fetching the scope out of the > car, he had come to the boat launch, up onto the dock that's right > beside the ramp, rendering a scope totally unnecessary. He spent at > least 20 minutes there, preening and peering into the water, with all > distinguishing field marks clearly visible. He returned briefly to the > private beach on the north, then flew southward along the shore to > perch on the private docks to the south of the beach, where a Great > Blue heron had parked itself on one of the boats. > Also present, in the middle of the lake, was one Forster's tern, > conveniently close to a much larger Caspian. > Linda Whyte > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
