Friday, July 17, 2009

Heron & egret fishing the blue green algae

The stumps protruding out of Cache Creek provides the perfect spot for the opportunistic flocks of night herons and egrets that are decending on the creek these past two days. It is really wonderful to see them. Wish I had a camera that could capture what I see with my binoculars. Pretty amazing stuff. Because of the algae, on a Friday night, instead of a lot of partying, I had the creek to myself and the birds stayed put. Except when they dove in for the fish. I haven't seen any dead fish yet, but the fish must be right near the surface as the birds seem to just pluck them out, and swallow them.

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