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stalker heron

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so this is weird...full-2101-37508-stalkerheron.jpg

last week, I had a visitor. We live a few miles north of Duluth, on 20 acres in the country, without much swamp or water nearby. I guess I've seen a heron or 2 around over the years, but this guy was around for a week straight. In the yard, hanging around both my pole bldg and garage, on the mound system, on the road in front of the house, etc...

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So I did some research, and read that herons will indeed hang out in meadows and fields hunting mice, gophers and other small mammals, and did observe our guy doing just that. Still...our yeard isn't infested with any of the above, and there are plenty of fields around us where he could hang out with less human, dog, etc...intrusion. So...why in our yard?? It was cool anyway, can't wait to see if he comes back in the spring:)full-2101-37511-heron4.jpg

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Yeah that's a little weird and I think it would freak me out too.

but on the other hand...

Indian folklore tells us that if a heron perches on your house then you will have good luck. This is extended to the plumage as well, so if the heron perched on your house and some feathers floated down to you then you could reasonably expect amazing luck.

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well, technically he perched on the dogs house, so I guess they're gonna be lucky dogs!

I didn't post the other really weird sighting. The morning after the "perch", I went out to the mailbox to get the paper about 6 a.m. Typically very quiet on an early sat. morning, but it's a 55 mph tar road. I'm just getting to the road and a car goes past heading south...I take 3 more steps and turn north to the mailbox....and the heron is standing still right in the middle of the northbound traffic lane about 40 yards away from me! I've NEVER seen a heron just standing in the road, much less seconds after a car just went by a few feet from him at 55mph. Must have made that driver think "what the heck??" So we have a staredown for a few seconds, then I try to advance to get a better pic (yes, I had my phone with as I went outside expecting him to be lurking around) and then he flys off...really strange:)full-2101-37515-heron6.jpg

I didn't get him standing, but got him on the wing...

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