Sneaky!

Diana and I toured the Farmington Bay Wildlife refuge yesterday, and what a treat!  Harriers were everywhere, surprising us from clumps of grass or just rising out of the rushes to soar past us!  And then the herons!  Big and little, they seemed to be everywhere in the grasses.  Here's one that was out in full view (although if you didn't look carefully, you would never have seen him/her).  He appeared to feel that if he moved very slowly we wouldn't see him.  What a treat to watch him slowly lift and place first one foot and then the other.

Next came the big guy - and he was not about to sit around while we watched him.  They are incredibly magnificent birds that carry that feeling of ancientness with them.

All in all, a great day at the refuge - what day isn't??