{"id":37885,"date":"2025-11-14T01:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=37885"},"modified":"2025-11-14T01:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:01:57","slug":"herons-and-kingfishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=37885","title":{"rendered":"Herons and kingfishers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Weather peeps said maybe rain early and then fog later but not cold … good weather for November \ud83d\ude42 … but, I just couldn’t get in a car. So I headed for the bark dust trail (Pre’s Trail) along the Mill Race and Willamette River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking along the water early in the morning landscapes are everywhere, yet these 2 were remarkable … regardless of the human artifacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For some reason that remains mysterious, great blue herons were out today – must have been at least 6 different ones … in weird places too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How does their neck do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going around near the highway, I heard this weird bird song and I couldn’t place it. (Sound like this<\/a>). I saw what it was and ‘duh!’ and there were 2 together … I circled back later and both were in same tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the route, I just went to Alton Baker Park and found the bark dust … walked until tired (11+ miles) and then went home for brunch – no car required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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