Great Blue Heron
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I headed down a dirt road trail on Bodie Island for the first time and passed an oncomin in tow. “Not much back there, just a Great Blue.”
I was okay with that. I hadn’t seen any Great Blue Herons except at a distance since arriving at the Outer Banks.
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A distant Great Blue Heron and Great Egret at Pea Island NWR
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So I continued on to the end, and there it was.
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Great Blue Heron fishing
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A fish strike is a miss…..
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And then I was spotted.
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Great Blue Heron closeup
Great Blue Heron on alert
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And with those last two shots, I gave a nice thank you and left, letting the heron get back to its peaceful fishing.
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