[Leica] IMG: Two herons

[abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)]

I?m saving this information and will share t with the gentleman should I 
meet him again. I suspect he was a parent of a student but from outside the 
US.

Thanks, Doug, for adding this information.

Adam


> On Feb 2, 2024, at 4:15?PM, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
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> So, while I was photographing the blue heron a man walks up and asks me if 
> that is a swan. I don?t think he was a birder.I told him it wasn?t and 
> that swans are in short supply here but that if he wanted to see really 
> large white birds by the cubic acre he could head out of town to where the 
> snow geese are hanging out.He was really disappointed it wasn?t a swan 
> because he?d always wanted to see one. Then I helped him see the green 
> heron and told him about the cormorants he?d see up ahead. I?m sad that 
> the river otters haven?t been back to the arboretum in a while. It?s a bit 
> of an overland traverse but there are some rather large carp there for the 
> taking. Maybe carp aren?t to an otter?s taste?
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> Mute swans (invasive, non-native) are in good supply at Mather Lake, and 
> this time of year wild Tundra Swans are abundant in the agricultural 
> fields near Marysville;  there are often Tundra Swans in the far corners 
> of the Yolo Bypass wildlife area...  I've occasionally seen Tundra Swans 
> flying over downtown Sacramento
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> Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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