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Birders

Donkees

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11. I just read that "The great blue heron is a cousin to the turkey vulture."

Reply to 70sEraVet (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 10:35 AM

Sep 2023

Watching a YouTube video, I was surprised to see a great blue heron sliding his neck under a vulture to steal a fish Seems like extended family behavior.

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Great Blue Heron [View all] Donkees Sep 2023 OP

Beautiful! 2naSalit Sep 2023 #1

Nice. MOMFUDSKI Sep 2023 #2

Thank you for caring for them 💕 Donkees Sep 2023 #9

Beautiful! calimary Sep 2023 #3

Thank you. niyad Sep 2023 #4

There's a Heron near me that hangs out with buzzards. I see them together all the time. 70sEraVet Sep 2023 #5

The skittish buzzards might be the heron's alarm system (?) Donkees Sep 2023 #8

They seem to spend nights together. And I thought too, that they hang together for protection. 70sEraVet Sep 2023 #10

I just read that "The great blue heron is a cousin to the turkey vulture." Donkees Sep 2023 #11

Photo is perfect. 3Hotdogs Sep 2023 #6

And two lotus blossoms within the ripple mandala, painted by her feet Donkees Sep 2023 #7

I photograph Blue Herons a lot and... S/V Loner Sep 2023 #12

Tony Markle is in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ... Donkees Sep 2023 #13

To photograph wildlife in... S/V Loner Sep 2023 #14

ohh,ahhh. AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #15

I have them on my pond. Emile Oct 2023 #16