Bird lore

Hawk and Heron

I only mention this because I'd never seen it before.  I walked Reagan the Wonder Dog along the beach.  This is where she always goes swimming.  While she's splashing about I noticed the Heron standing dead still in the water.  Bunch of ducks and their ducklings scattered for Reagan, but not this guy.  Strange,  On the way back I kept looking back, and the bird was still there.  When I got home I called for Mother Superior to "follow me, and grab the camera." I was telling her about what I'd seen and she related she'd just been down to the pool, about 200 yards down the shoreline, and they had witnessed a hawk dive bombing, and otherwise harassing a heron. She (MoSup) looked around and immediately spotted the hawk (I'm sure it was an osprey) perched high in a tree. She has 20-1 (as in one)vision I think, because it took me forever to find it.  When I finally located it and began snapping pictures, it flew off.  As soon as the osprey left, the heron hightailed it out of there, obviously relieved. I need abetter camera.