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Central Scrutinizer Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 3583 Location: Flour Bluff
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:08 pm Post subject: Wayward Flock |
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Came across this group of herons the other day near Newport Pass, and thought.... "Well, you guys are lost!!!! --- Yellow Crowned Night Herons, You're Drunk, Go Home"!!!  |
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BayFly Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 02 Sep 2014 Posts: 1728 Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Quite a few of them roosted in oak trees across Whiteley channel from us a couple of years ago, but we have seen them since. It was always interesting to watch for their noisy exit from their roost each evening at dusk.  |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Wayward Flock |
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| Central Scrutinizer wrote: |
Came across this group of herons the other day near Newport Pass, and thought.... "Well, you guys are lost!!!! --- Yellow Crowned Night Herons, You're Drunk, Go Home"!!!  |
happens every year around migration....some wind up at the beach...that's a pretty good group though....
becky _________________
| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | | Thanks for the Memories, Ranger Rick. |
| ziacatcher wrote: | | However I bet if you were fishing naked Ranger Rick would have a problem with that |
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Sinker Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 19 Oct 2016 Posts: 394 Location: Wyoming/NPI
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting
I was SBH Sunday and three dropped in on the beach about 50 yards from me they walked around for a minute our so. Then pulled their necks down and stood still. I did not have any optics with me to get a good look. But, when a vehicle drove by they didn |
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Sinker Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 19 Oct 2016 Posts: 394 Location: Wyoming/NPI
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Did not move. Obviously they were out of gas. |
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