I saw a heron this morning! YEA!!! Cop Car, don’t ask me which kind. All I can tell you is that it was one of the charcoal gray big birds that’s terribly thin and looks like a pterodactyl when it flies. I thought that our egret and heron season was over last week when we had quite a cold spell, but this morning as we returned from early errands, we saw one sitting at the west end of the retention pond near our house. He favors that area because his shadow doesn’t alert the fish that he’s hunting for them.
Soon, very soon, I’d guess, he’ll be on his way to the grassy areas in the delta of the Mississippi. Smart bird. He doesn’t have to deal with the snow!
The geese have begun assembling. They are ready to glean the harvested fields. It feels as though the harvest is late this year. I’ve only seen one bean field in the area that has been cleared. There are still corn fields with a touch of green to their leaves. Farmers will be out in the fields close to Thanksgiving, and so will the geese!