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Rob
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 Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 1:24 pm Post subject: Has Anbody Seen a Blue Heron Do This? |
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At first I thought it was injured. Snapped a pic from about 300 yds & got out of the jeep. Took 2 steps & the wings folded back into place. It was basking in the sunrise. I named it Kym after my wife. They both need to go to the dermatologist.
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horse51
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Location: kingville
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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ive seen it a couple of times. kinda freaky looking if you ask me.
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AZ_squid
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Location: Corpus
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like a pterodactyl or something crazy. Had one freak out on me one morning. I kayaked out to my duck blind and the big guy decided it was his home over the night. Scared the crap out of me when I stepped inside and it started going nuts. Haha. Cool birds though.
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mtfish
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| They are putting out their "solar panels" to warm up. Was this early in the morning? Common behavior actually. |
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Ray
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Location: Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | They are putting out their "solar panels" to warm up. |
Right; birds do this all of the time to warm themselves, and some do it to dry off.
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landlocked beachbum
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Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'd go with drying out. Dark colors absorb more heat than lighter, and the top of their wings and back are darker than their underparts. Conversely, when they chase fish in shallow water it's their underparts that get wet. 
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kweber
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
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Location: Hondo
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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I see buzzards perched all the time in early morn w/out-stretched wings...
always figured they were warming...the black feathers soaking up heat.
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Oil Field Trash II
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| come at me bro! |
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ironmanstan
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Oil Field Trash II wrote: | | come at me bro! |
That's exactly what he is thinking. 
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blackhawk78418
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Location: Bluffrat since 84
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I know buzzards do it to start the oils flowing so they can fly. In ever seen a heron do that. I've seen chickens do it to cool off on hot sunny days. |
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Big Jack
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 8:28 am Post subject: |
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He was flashing you.
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