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litesong

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8. Blue Heron & Osprey
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 08:26 PM
Oct 2015

Thank you, grasswire for your acknowledgement. Once, I saw a confrontation between a blue heron & osprey. Unlike the Canadian geese & eagle tho, the blue heron was accidentally flying close to an osprey nest during nesting season. The osprey didn't like the heron so close, so began harrying the "blue". Of course, the osprey could have killed the heron any time, but just bugged it. The reaction of the heron was so funny tho! It clumsily squawked, flopped its wings & generally lost control of its flight. With legs tangling as it tried to avoid the osprey, its aerial antics made it look like Ichabod Crane(joke not intended) bouncing on a horse. Fluttering this way & that, the heron made sure all its moves were "AWAY FROM THE OSPREY NEST". Finely, the osprey returned to its nest......& I think my binoculars showed the osprey with a smirk on its face.

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