GREEN HERON 



MAY 9, igoi. One sat on a small tree 

 on the edge of our bluffs for about 

 five minutes, and I viewed him through 

 our big glass. He is a most curious and 

 weird looking bird. His yellow iris and 

 voracious looking bill give him an uncanny 

 look. He hunched himself together and 

 would then stretch his neck up to an in- 

 credible height. He looked much larger 

 flying than sitting on the tree. This is 

 the second one I have identified here. I 

 saw his legs and feet very plainly and 

 they certainly looked a bright flesh pink, 

 not olive as the books say. 



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