This happened when I was out by the dyke today. I only had a short one hour bike ride since I got to go home to put the rice on the rice-cooker.
This Great Blue Heron (let's call it
A) was walking slowly in the ditch and onto the grass field.
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Great Blue Heron
A looking for a meal.
When suddenly another Great Blue Heron (call it
B) charged from a short distance away at the direction that
A was walking towards to. Causing
A to fly away in the opposite direction (also a short distance away).
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Great Blue Heron
A flew away.
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Great Blue Heron
B displaying its territorial display. According to the
Pacific Wildlife Foundation, "
Herons on adjacent territories display to one another by extending the wings away from the body, arching the neck, pointing the bill a few degrees above horizontals and erecting the feathers." Yep, I definitely saw that.
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Then Great Blue Heron
B happily walked away from the spot it just claimed.
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