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A heron wearing underpants

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar

I have another bird story for you. This one appeared a month or so ago but I’ve only just found it again. A wildlife rescuer, Karen Ledger, was faced with a heron that refused to walk although there was nothing obviously wrong...

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Police in Michigan rescue a blue heron who was entangled in a fishing line

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122247) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Jul

Oakland County Sheriff's Office's Search and Rescue Team answered an emergency call from a concerned citizen on Sunday night June 15 when a blue heron was entangled with a fishing line at Lake Louise in Brandon Township. Search...

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Firefighters rescue a heron trapped in a fishing line

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122247) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Sep 23

Thanks to the actions of a concerned actions of a concerned animal lover who saw a heron tangled in a fishing line over a pond in a small island near Cary North Carolina Monday a week ago. A green heron was rescued by Cary...

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A brief encounter

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 8 Oct 22

A couple of days ago I went to the blood donation centre (more on that later) and then afterwards planned to meet a friend for lunch, as he works on the hospital site. But I had a few minutes to wait so as it was a nice day I...

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A heron rescued by animal controls officers in Pittsburgh

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122247) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Aug 22

Animal Care And Control Officers in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania answered a call from a concerned animal lover who saw a blue heron who was trapped in the weeds yesterday. The animal control officers were Steven Costa and Jeffrey Ley...

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Today's Adventure

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 3 Aug 21

Today we didn't make any solid plans because of the weather forecast. Of course, the rain stayed away except for some light rain so we decided to go for a ride. One of the things we did was check on a house for sale that my...

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One of THOSE days!!

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 15 Jun 20

Might as well start at the beginning! I got up in the morning to find that I couldn't make or get calls!! Okay, I am not a phone person but still. I did have 3 voice mails and could only hear one and that's when I discovered...

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The Blue Heron

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 8 May 20

When we lived in Indiana our house's back yard was the retention pond. We often spent hours watching the Heron fish. They (there were two of them) were amazing at catching small fish! Have you ever seen a Heron?

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Freezing morning and warm afternoons

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 13 Nov 18

We have been having over night lows around 27 (-2C) getting close to 60 (14C) sunny degrees in the afternoons. Anne is still fighting an upper respiratory infection and working on two new art quilts, so I decided to take the...

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Fun in Nature

The Horse @TheHorse (238342) • Walnut Creek, California 17 Sep 18

My friend and I took a hike around the Lafayette CA Reservoir last week (about 4 miles) and found a place to rest and take in the beauty. For about 20 minutes, we watched this heron, walking carefully on the shore, like a...

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Plenty of cygnets on the canal now!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 30 Jun 10

There are now 6 families of cygnets living on the canal at the back of my house - on pair of swans had 8 cygnets - I just hope that the foxes keep away from them. The foxes, pike and herons usually see off all the baby...

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