WOODLAND PATHS 



majesty of power and flaps out of sight 

 over the tree tops. 



The great blue heron is not rare, but I 

 think he, too, is much less common than 

 he used to be. Usually he does not sum- 

 mer with us, going farther north, where 

 he nests in colonies. I seem to find him 

 most often in late September or October, 

 when he drops off for a few weeks, a pleas- 

 ant fishing trip interlude in his flight to 

 winter quarters in the south. But he is 

 here now, and may be met with on most 

 any May morning if you will seek out his 

 haunts. 



Fully as common but by no means so 

 noticeable is our little green heron, the 

 third species of the genus that one is apt to 

 see hereabouts. You will usually pass him 

 unnoticed as he sits all day long in the 

 shadow on a limb near the shore. Nor 



will you be apt to see him until he becomes 

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