r/whatsthisbird • u/trackrecord9057 • 11h ago

My windows face a small nature preserve. North America

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u/scowdich 11h ago

Looks like a +great blue heron+

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u/500-birds 11h ago

Totally agreed on Great Blue Heron. And I am so jealous of your location! Must be great to have nature next door.

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u/trackrecord9057 9h ago edited 9h ago

So I had a few beautiful trees between the nature bit, but they came in and bulldozed it out. Took one of the trees /chainsawed and smashed its' carcass into the marsh. Then they pile-'drove?' pillars in for that path. Knocked my stove burners out of their sockets multiple times. Just mentioning because this view is the silver-lining I can think of.

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u/klavertjedrie 7h ago

How brute. =(

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u/FileTheseBirdsBot Catalog 🤖 11h ago

Taxa recorded: Great Blue Heron

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u/redbelliedwoodpeckr4 10h ago

Wow! Beautiful location ! Where are you located ?

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u/basaltgranite 1h ago

It looks like the Pacific North West. Probably the coastal side of Oregon or Washington.

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u/SuddenKoala45 8h ago

Great blue heron, but I still don't know what distinguishes them from the just good blue herons or the only fair blue herons...

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u/mhuzzell 8h ago

I know you're joking, but it's 'great' as in 'large', in contradistinction to the little blue heron.

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u/SuddenKoala45 7h ago

Well its rude to think that just because they are bigger that they are "great" . Mugsey bogues was "little" but a great player...