Saturday morning, while checking the Dallas Osprey nest at the former Willamette Mill Site on Main Street, this Green Heron flew in and stole the show. It landed high in a Cottonwood tree where my wife, Jeannette, got this photo. Green Herons like to hang out along waterways and ponds. Although the log pond is longer there at the mill site, remnants of the North Fork of Ash Creek can still be seen in the area. I think that this probably provides the kind of habitat that the Green Heron likes. This may also be a clue to where the Osprey get some of their fish.
What a wonderful pose. Green herons are one of my favorites to watch. My mother even rehabed a youngster once. We were kept busy catching tiny minnows with a net.
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