Always cool things to see on Rocky Neck. These were shot out my window last evening hanging out on Kim and Linda’s gangplank on Smiths Cove.
E.J. Lefavour
Hobbit House Studio
One Night Heron Two Night Heron
My View of Life on the Dock
Good Morning Gloucester 
I had to look this up on Wikipedia. What a cool bird. Look forward to seeing you in September.
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Oh, so happy to hear that you and Anne will be here again. Look forward to seeing you.
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Great view on the entrance to the chair and water! A little relaxing music for the mood! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
B-tribe – Sometimes
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so funny those herons
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They are generally very timid, hunting under piers and in more hidden areas. It was strange to see them so out in the open like that. They both returned again last night.
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Very cool EJ–perhaps they are the pair that have been spotted around the edge of Niles Pond.
I read that at one time Black-crowned Night-herons were the most populous heron in Massachusetts. In the 1950 their roosting areas were dynamited because they were thought to be too noisy. Crazy!!! We’ve come a long way.
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I’ve seen one at Niles Pond, but not a pair yet. I’ve never heard them make a peep, so I’m surprised that they were thought to be too noisy. Have you heard them male noise? I can’t believe their roosting areas would have been dynamited!
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I often see the pair perched in the tree tops along the pond’s edge on the road to the retreat house. Yes and their call is startling the first time heard, not because it is too loud, but because it is a very funny Quwark, Quwark sort of sound!
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Yes, they sound both alarmed and chastising for being disturbed at the same time.
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