Gaunt grey herons are
among the most familiar of our local water birds. Fresh or salt, clear or muddy
each is acceptable so long as it will yield something worthwhile.
The bird doesn't always
wait for quarry but stalks through the shallows with long deliberate strides,
neck muscles tensed for spearing.
Eventually a fish will pay
the price of carelessness as the heron's kinked neck is straightened with
startling speed and the sharp bill stabs its prey - sometimes several times. I
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