Lost blue Heron
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10/05/21 08:26 AM
10/05/21 08:26 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 758 U.P. Michigan
Spade
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Posts: 758
U.P. Michigan
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Wife tried to go out couple days ago, and this was on the front porch, every time she would open the door it would start clacking it's beak. Man they are loud when they do that.
24 years Army Medical Corps
I only want to be known as:
A great husband, a good trapper, and a great steward of the land.
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: Spade]
#7371805
10/05/21 09:01 AM
10/05/21 09:01 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 19,930 SEPA
Lugnut
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We have a lot around here. They like to "fish" in my pond. I sic the dogs on them whenever I see them.
I just returned from a job by a large lake in northern NJ. We had one hanging out on the island I was staying on. Every time I'd go out to fish or otherwise disturb it, it would flap off making a raucous, very disturbed sounding call.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: Spade]
#7371862
10/05/21 10:33 AM
10/05/21 10:33 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 15,594 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Trapper7
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A few years ago, I had my bait basket in the lake with about 2 dozen sucker minnows. I forgot to close the lid and a heron cleaned them out.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: Spade]
#7372009
10/05/21 03:31 PM
10/05/21 03:31 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,655 ND
MJM
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I wonder if they taste just like fish with enough tarter sauce on them?
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: Spade]
#7372107
10/05/21 05:57 PM
10/05/21 05:57 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 683 SD
Tray
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"Wilson Jr."
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Kinda a cool bird in breeding plumage, photographed this one in Florida eating a eel.
Last edited by Tray; 10/05/21 05:58 PM.
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: Spade]
#7372504
10/06/21 02:23 AM
10/06/21 02:23 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 16,758 West Virginia,age 49
cathryn
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Funniest thing I ever witnessed was Jerry releasing one from a foothold.
Their necks REALLY .Are long.. It beat the crap out of him with his wings.
Jerry was duckin. He fiinally got his head penned down with his foot and released it
You shoulda seen the stream.of crap he let fly
I nearly wet my pants laughing
IF IDIOTS GREW ON TREES THIS PLACE WOULD BE AN ORCHARD !
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: PAlltheway]
#7372727
10/06/21 10:51 AM
10/06/21 10:51 AM
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Posts: 6,501 Wi.
Diggerman
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An obviously sick egret took up residence by the main house at the farm this spring. Despite efforts to help it, including a deputy game warden taking it away, it died. West Nile, poison, snake bite? Never got an answer Lead poisoning?, seems to be the leading cause of death in these parts.
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: eric space]
#7372730
10/06/21 10:56 AM
10/06/21 10:56 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,804 Greene County,Virginia
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They do not just eat fish and frogs. Around here they stand out in the hayfields and eat meadow voles and mice. Also are death on chipmunks. Snapping turtles get a few of them. Multiple snappers can eat a whole bird but the one that eats the head will poop out the bill. Couple of times I have had heron bills in the bottom of my snapping turtle transport barrels. X2.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: Lost blue Heron
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#7372768
10/06/21 11:55 AM
10/06/21 11:55 AM
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Posts: 15,539 Champaign County, Ohio.
KeithC
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I wish they weren't endangered! If they weren't, I'd shoot every one of the dang things! Great Blue Herons are common over a huge range. They are not endangered at all. They are protected by the Migratory Bird Act, that needs to be changed, so that it does not overly protect common nuisance birds like comorants, hawks and owls. Keith
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Re: Lost blue Heron
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#7372770
10/06/21 11:58 AM
10/06/21 11:58 AM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,241 The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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"HOSS"
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The Hill Country of Texas
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I haven't yet tangled with one but my lone good dead involving a pelican left me feeling punished. He had tangled in some bank lines and became I am stupid I assumed he would appreciate me setting him free but not so much.
I eventually got 're done but the 5 mins it took looked like a pay per view MMA match with the referee taking his lunch break. Those birds fight dirty so don't trust them.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Lost blue Heron
[Re: cathryn]
#7372808
10/06/21 12:40 PM
10/06/21 12:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,241 The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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The Hill Country of Texas
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Funniest thing I ever witnessed was Jerry releasing one from a foothold. Their necks REALLY .Are long.. It beat the crap out of him with his wings. Jerry was duckin. He fiinally got his head penned down with his foot and released it You shoulda seen the stream.of crap he let fly I nearly wet my pants laughing I posted before I read this and I will vouch for Jerry- it looks easy headed in but by the time you get one turned lose you wish you had stuck it in an oven bag and roasted it for an hour!
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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