Great Blue Heron

[dj1701]

Took these yesterday from my back deck.

Meaning of the Heron

Symbolic Meaning of the Heron. The heron is shrewd, intelligent, resourceful and also very determined. Whatever heron wants, heron gets. This is a great totem lesson about determination. Heron symbolism also deals with resourcefulness, tranquility and freedom. Get more heron meaning here.

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[downsizingnow48]

When we lived on the Virginia coast a couple of them were always stalking the riverbanks. Amazing!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Here, we can get a permit to shoot the damthings, you can keep them there...

SR

 

[EddieWalker]

Pretty bird. We have them here too, but they can be tricky to get pictures of because of how alert they are.

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[Hay Dude]

Neighboring gentlemans farm has a pond and 5 black angus. The blue heron hangs out by the pond and occasionally wander up near where the steer lay in the field. They get up and chase the Blue Heron around the pasture. It flaps its giant wings and runs, just barely able to escape the cattle. This goes on and on week after week. I swear itslike theyre doing it for fun!:laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

I don't know if it's one, or several, but I see it/them around the wet areas. Never standing though ... it/they always see me long before I get close and take to the air.

 

[GeneV]

Nice. We got a 1/2 acre pond bordering a creek, we get herons, egrots, and cranes visiting occasionally.

 

[Thomas]

Hardly ever see blue around here but grey's seen often,wonder if snapping turtle ever caught heron.

 

[BoylermanCT]

I have one that likes to hang around my pond. Have not seen him yet this year, but he comes every year.

Was surprised to seem him at the top of a 100' pine.

 

[oosik]

I will usually get one. Down on the far end of my little lake. Doesn't stay long - just passing thru. One year I got an Egret. Being snow white it stuck out like a sore thumb.

Why in the world would you feel it was necessary to shoot these birds - Sawyer Rob?

 

[s219]

We have a bunch here in coastal Virginia. Apparently, when my dad was a kid growing up in Maine, they called them "sh#t-pokes".

 

[Thomas]

s219
Apparently, when my dad was a kid growing up in Maine, they called them "sh#t-pokes"
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Heard many times older folks call the herons that when I was tadpole. :laughing:

 

[RalphVa]

We've one (just the one) that lives down below along Ivy Creek.

Very quiet bird.

Ralph

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Here's the term I recall:

shikepoke
A shikepoke is another name for a green heron. It is also used to refer to the great blue heron. In my family, it was used as an affectionate way for a parent to tease small children during play. My father and I would try to out do the other claiming the other was the bigger "shikepoke".
You are a shikepoke.
#stinker#scoundrel#booger#teaser#joker

 

[kenmbz]

I love watching the Herons hunt on the Delaware canal. We also see the same one hanging out on a large rock in the center of a neighbors pond. They look almost prehistoric when they fly by.

 

[AchingBack]

Blue Heron catches and eats Gopher - YouTube
YouTube

 

[Hay Dude]

Blue Heron catches and eats Gopher - YouTube
YouTube

That’s insane.
I could use a flock of blue herons in some of my hay fields LOL

 

[BoylermanCT]

What is this heron eating? Its right next to my pond, but looks almost like a bird. Thoughts?

 

[oosik]

Sure looks like a bird. But it's probably a fish. Hmmm..... wonder how I could attract a big flock out on my lawn. Right now there are patches of my lawn that look like the impact area for light infantry.

 

[s219]

I see a small fish, not a bird.