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EveryHeron 𓅣
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We are the quiet unnoticed Heron. Inspiring Heroneers all over Planet Earth, as you encounter Heronkind for 1st or 1000th time.
"Nature is reported in the fullness of life... To the full heart she is all but a figure of speech"-Thoreau www.everyheron.com
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Huh. Well never heard that one before!

Frank, yes.

Not Ralph!

Google suggests retired now, from Hetton Le Hole.
Ralph Heron.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Fox, coyote and Heron used to wind each other up with dirty tricks. But as Aesop recorded, they learned it wasn't worth it, and now they're more relaxed in each other's company.
Aesop penned a fable about the Heron and the Fox: Fox invites the Heron to dinner but only provides a shallow plate of soup which the bird is unable to partake of because of its long beak. In retaliation, Heron invites Fox, and provides the food in a bottle with a long narrow neck: Fox is unable to share in this food They decided from then on to be friends!
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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From the Garden of Earthly Delights Egrets, and what we always think of as Black Crowned Night Heron and Boat Billed Heron (which he could never have seen) 2/2
Heron-ymous Bosch Herons Three headed Heron, black crowned night heron and boat billed Heron
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Cormorant.... judging Heron Height?! That'd be new!

They usually just judge the swimming and posing competitions
Cormorants posing competition
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Heron-ymous Bosch is a Heron Hero
Heron-ymous Herons
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Sorry, I clicked in.... 😉

There's a otherworldly fuzzy impression that speaks well to the ways of the Heron
A Heron impression
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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This (frozen in place for several minutes) squirrel had exactly the same question... 🐿️🍽️
A Grey Squirrel clinging directly above a juvenile Grey Heron trying to remember if Heron eat Squirrel
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Nature does not hurry,
Yet everything is accomplished.
#HeroneerTipOfTheDay
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished - - Audre Lorde
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Saint Columba, Heroneer
Saint Columba, Heroneer
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Over the next couple of days, as the young monk tended him he grew stronger until he was soon strutting proudly around the monastery flagstones. On the second day Columba said to the young monk, 'The heron's fine now, I want you to take him to the beach tomorrow and let him fly back home.' And so it was on the third day, a beautiful day, the sun shining and glittering on the sea, that the young monk down on the beach put the heron on the sand. The heron stretched its legs, stretched out its long neck, lifted its wings, and flapped its way into the sky, away in the direction of Ireland.
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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As he walked
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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So the young monk, obedient as was, wrapped himself up in his cloak and went down to the shore. Well, he peered out into the grey, he looked at the waves as they mounted and crashed down on the shore. He couldn't believe that he would see anyone there today. He walked up and down the shore to keep himself warm. He waited for a couple of hours, getting colder all the time and wetter, and when he was just about to give up and go back to the monastery he happened to look up into the clouds and just appearing there was some sort of dark shape. He watched. The shape got larger and came towards the beach. It was being buffeted and he realised that it was the shape of a large heron, a heron that hardly had any energy in it. It was blown hither and thither, and still it lost height and seemed to be coming towards the beach, until at last it more or less crash landed on the sand beside him. He picked up the poor creature and wrapped it in his cloak and hurried back to the monastery.
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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In the old days, when Columba lived on the island of Iona with the monks, he one day called a young monk to him and said, 'I want you to go down on the shore to meet a special visitor who will be coming today.' Now the young monk was used to going down on the seashore and looking out for the boats of visiting people, but this day he was really surprised. He turned to Columba and he said, 'Sir, the weather's terrible, nobody in their right mind would be coming to visit us today. The rain's lashing down, the wind's blowing. The sea is so rough that I believe that anyone in a boat would be tipped out. They'd be mad to be coming here today.' But Columba said, 'No, we're expecting a special visitor, and I want you to go down on the beach to be there to greet him
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🎶One less than 5 and one more than 3...whooaaa whoo woa we're counting to four. 🎶
youtu.be/fZ9WiuJPnNA?...
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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The juvenile got a few neck holds in... It's got a future!
Rob"s Heron grabs the others neck
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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What a spot

www.trove.scot/image/1249076
General oblique aerial view of the crannog in Loch Heron with the camp site in the foreground
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Could you just rise above it all on stilts?! archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/palafittes/e...
Neolithic house on stilts
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Hmmm... Well guess you're neither child nor dog, so that seems fine then! 🤪
Birds get stressed when chased, please don't fet children or dogs run after them
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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It's a little known thing, but Heronkind love a graph 📊

The Little Egret only started breeding in Ireland in 1997 and they've thrived ever since.

birdwatchireland.ie/app/uploads/...
A graph of increasing Little Egret in Ireland. Happy days!
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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That's a fine sight to improve any holiday. Think they only started breeding in Ireland around 1997 and they've thrived ever since birdwatchireland.ie/app/uploads/...
Graph of the growth of the Little Egret in Ireland
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Heron. Turn to the left
Heron. Turn to the right
Ooh. H- H- H- H- Heron
We are the Heron squad and we're coming to town
Kraaaaak-Kraaaaak!

Bowie (who was Heron) via Heroneer Lyricist @jonwynne.bsky.social 🎶
Heroneers Calendar Heron. Turn to the left Heron. Turn to the right Ooh. H- H- H- H- Heron We are the Heron squad and we're coming to town Kraaaaak-Kraaaaak! Bowie (who was Heron) via Heroneer Lyricist @wynne_jon.
November 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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This is our favourite ever Lesser Bittern moment
Matt Zuro's Lesser Bittern splits alongside the Clash Punk bittern
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Surfing heron 🎥 by Tatjana Epp

We've seen a few Hippo Surfer Herons, but this is by far the fastest. The wing styling by the end is superb. 🏄🏼‍♀️

www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/vide...
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Oh Heroneer @gviader.bsky.social ! Look. Oh how I've missed bad translation of Herons. It happens so rarely now but here's a Bittern Monkey! (aka Little Bittern)
This reminds me that I haven't posted about bittern monkeys in a while (they've already left for the south). But for nostalgia's sake: a thread! Bittern monkeys are birds, more specifically, small herons
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Cool.

And look. Secret snacks! 🍽️ 🐸

📷 Guillaume Correa-Pimpao
Frog feet by Guillaume Correa-Pimpao
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM