Julie—why are my birds in your back yard? I didn’t know they visited MI!
Brrrrrrr…send them home!
Margot
16 years ago
Hi, Julie,
These shots are great! I like the muted colors and negative space and the way they create a cold, somber wintry mood.
I have a pair of blue herons that live here all winter. I read that biologists have speculated that blue herons are adapting to climate change and, like the canadian geese, are no longer migrating south as long as they have a food source that doesn’t freeze up in the winter. Mine travel around in the neighborhood all winter following the spring-fed streams and eating fish and crayfish.
Liesje
16 years ago
Margot that’s interesting b/c at work we have one heron and I think he stays for the winter, or at least a very long time. I have seen him out there in the snow. We have a big stream/pond (man-made) and summer 2007 they remodeled it so it has these bubblers and no longer freezes over. I think there are small fish in the pond, at least I’ve seen little ones surface so perhaps there are bigger ones below (the pond is about waist-deep). I’ve also seen turtles and frogs.
Wow, I am lucky to see one!
Julie—why are my birds in your back yard? I didn’t know they visited MI!
Brrrrrrr…send them home!
Hi, Julie,
These shots are great! I like the muted colors and negative space and the way they create a cold, somber wintry mood.
I have a pair of blue herons that live here all winter. I read that biologists have speculated that blue herons are adapting to climate change and, like the canadian geese, are no longer migrating south as long as they have a food source that doesn’t freeze up in the winter. Mine travel around in the neighborhood all winter following the spring-fed streams and eating fish and crayfish.
Margot that’s interesting b/c at work we have one heron and I think he stays for the winter, or at least a very long time. I have seen him out there in the snow. We have a big stream/pond (man-made) and summer 2007 they remodeled it so it has these bubblers and no longer freezes over. I think there are small fish in the pond, at least I’ve seen little ones surface so perhaps there are bigger ones below (the pond is about waist-deep). I’ve also seen turtles and frogs.
Nick is too considerate to post this to the blog, but rather emailed me privately.
We stand corrected they are not Blue Herons, they are Sandhill Cranes.
Thank you Nick!
Norma tells me that Blue Herons never flock, they typically are only seen with one other bird or their young.