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June 2018 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest
A Great Blue Heron occupied the beach next to the road a few days ago.
Perhaps because I stopped and got off my bicycle to watch it, the heron flew past me to another spot on the beach.
Those huge wings and big feet could be awkward to manage, and yet somehow it unfolds, swings and sweeps itself lightly into motion and then to stillness again.
It didn’t go far, judging my presence as a consideration but not a threat evidently.
It stalked the shallow water for a while.
I was ready to take some video of it flying when it decided to do so, but my arms got tired waiting. The patience and quiet deliberation of a heron is far beyond mine. Lest one think a heron is zoning out in its quietness, all you have to do is watch its face to see how intently it’s watching everything, including you. Alert in its stillness.
Heron did lift off eventually, and returned to its original end of the beach, landing this time on a rock.
Every movement of the heron is a beautiful, controlled dance. In repose and with movement — such grace in nature.
I got back on my bicycle and left the beach for the heron.
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