Your experiences with heron

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There's one which frequents the stream behind my workplace. When it gulps down a fish you can see the bulge descend in peristaltic grossness.

What is yr experience of Ardea cinerea and its relatives?

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 2 November 2002 12:57 (twenty-two years ago) link

they are all delicious in particular their gizzards

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 November 2002 13:01 (twenty-two years ago) link

mmmmmm, gizzards

― chris (chris), Saturday, 2 November 2002 13:02 (twenty-two years ago) link

There was a lovely grey/blue one that used to eat frogs in our lake when I lived upstate!

― kate, Saturday, 2 November 2002 13:03 (twenty-two years ago) link

There are some elegant white herons which perch on artificial rocks at Nakameguro, just along the Meguro River from my house. A small leafy trellis has been set up on the riverside path over a specially-placed bench so that people can observe the lovely creatures striking poses against the dark green water. The deep glow of tranquility resulting from this municipal birdwatching is better than heroin.

― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 2 November 2002 14:24 (twenty-two years ago) link

Heron FITE - Great Blue vs. Gil Scott?

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 2 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-two years ago) link

they are a scourge here, apparently as they are eating fancy people's precious koi from their fancy ponds.

― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 2 November 2002 17:05 (twenty-two years ago) link

Apparently I frightened one off once, which pissed off the rest of my family because they were going to take a photo of it.

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 2 November 2002 17:25 (twenty-two years ago) link

As in Mike Heron!?! I love The Incredible Sting Band!! His solo stuff is ok.

― brg30 (brg30), Saturday, 2 November 2002 21:19 (twenty-two years ago) link

heron will fucking kill you

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 2 November 2002 23:46 (twenty-two years ago) link

I looked at some paintings by a heron named Patrick at Tate Modern yesterday.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 3 November 2002 11:55 (twenty-two years ago) link

Herons are common as muck around these parts (Derwent Valley, NE England). The Hoopoe is much more high-class, I think

― N0RM4N PH4Y, Sunday, 3 November 2002 13:21 (twenty-two years ago) link

haha the linnean names for hoopoes = upupa epops!!

i haf nevah seen one: they are v.exotic-looking

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 3 November 2002 13:52 (twenty-two years ago) link

''As in Mike Heron!?! I love The Incredible Sting Band!! His solo stuff is ok.''

damn I wish i had posted that.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 3 November 2002 16:14 (twenty-two years ago) link

Julio is'the original discriminating buffalo man'

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 3 November 2002 20:58 (twenty-two years ago) link

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