THE GENTLE GIANT

This Blue Egret stands over four feet tall when he is upright. We first spotted him earlier this past summer on a few afternoons, then he disappeared. We thought he left but he switched to night-shift.

We now see this big bird sneaking slowly around the pond at night, he was here this evening at around 9 PM.

He moves very slowly, sometimes he appears to be motion-less for long periods of time, then, he ever-so-slowly begins to move forward again in his hunt for food.

We're not sure what he is eating since we've never seen him actually strike at anything (unlike his cousin the Tri-Color Heron who fishes here everyday and is constantly striking at something in the water).

That's "Hero" the beautiful blue Tri Color Heron, above in the center, upper third, by the pond.