Rare bluish heron
By Sunrise Fan
@sunrisefan (28524)
Philippines
March 13, 2017 6:53am CST
It's my father-in-law's death anniversary today and before attending mass for his intention, we passed by the seaside to see the sunrise.
As I watched the sun rise slowly up the horizon, I noticed a heron walking and feeding itself on the beach. Since I've been making my sunrise watch at the seaside, this is the first time I've seen a heron on the shore. A little while later, another heron landed and also started looking for food. I was awed at the sight of the second heron because it's also the first time that I've seen a bluish-colored heron.
I took a shot or two of the bluish heron and have attached a shot here.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
13 Mar 17
Hahaha! Good thing you did not think of it as the prohibited substance hahaha! BTW, thanks :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
13 Mar 17
Yes, I think the bluish color is rare, Ms. Judy, because as far as I know, herons are colored white. It could not be a reflection of the water too because I took photos of both herons. Here's the first one -
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@JudyEv (326726)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 17
@sunrisefan We have ibises (which we like to call ibii) which come from Siberia each year.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
13 Mar 17
@JudyEv Ms. Lori told me they have blue herons. I don't know if the two herons I saw came from far away places though I know that if you go to the northern part of our province, you'd find many herons on the fishponds along the highway :)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Mar 17
@sunrisefan I wonder where are the other bluish ones? Maybe the heron was dyed by the owner. he he he
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
15 Mar 17
@SIMPLYD No. Herons are wild and migratory birds I think.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
15 Mar 17
Yes, it was the only one. Actually there were only two of them on the beach. The white and the blue one.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
15 Mar 17
Thanks and you're welcome too, Ms. Bess :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
27 Mar 17
Thanks, Ms. Dianne :) It looked like a goose hehehe!
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
13 Mar 17
May your Father-in-Law rest in peace.
Your eyes certainly look for rare views - special eyes I might say. I have never seen this bird before. 
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
13 Mar 17
That should be a very good trade off :) People in the province though would almost always wish to be in the big city hehehe!
