The Green Heron
While I was out watering the plants this morning, a large bird flew over and landed in the passion fruit vine. At first, I thought it was a pearly-eyed thrasher, but it soon became apparent that it was larger and had longer legs and neck, and did not have such a melodious voice as the thrasher. I was busy and lifted my watering can to a potted croton, hoping not to scare it away. I had seen it around before, but not this close, and I’d like it to get used to seeing me about and feel comfortable with me. When I lifted my gaze from the croton, however, it was gone. I’m thinking that maybe I should put in that little pond I’ve been considering for a couple of years.
Maybe we could have a family of green herons in our little Sally’s Fancy neighborhood….
June 8th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Lucky you! Green Herons are great birds, but wait til you hear it squawk in the middle of the night, sounds like someone being choked! I had a big copper full of water in my front yard with gold fish from the Woolworths store (the old days) the green heron would come and stake out the fish and eat them! I made a fountain and put it in the middle of the copper, hummingbirds would come and take showers under the fountain drops, iguanas and deer came for drinks of water. You need a pond! Trudi
June 10th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I know, Trudi. I’ve seen one green around before, but not so close.
A pond would be great, but with all the other projects we have going I might just stick a big plant saucer on the carport for them for now. We have smaller birdbaths around for the little guys, so that might work, and keep the dogs away.
We have tons of hummies since the trees are flowering now. We were having mangoes and coffee the other morning on the new deck, and there were a half dozen of both the crested antilleans and green-throated caribs hanging around the Brazilian orchid tree. I love how they bathe in spray from the hose, too!
We don’t see iguana or deer close to us because of all the dogs, though
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June 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
As I write this to you, Terry, we are having a hail storm, thunder and lightening, and are expecting snow later on in the day and into the night. This has been one heck of a weird spring (if you want to call it that). However, I would rather have it cool than hotter than blazes like the east coast. St. Croix summers are wonderful, not too, too hot, and it always cools off at night thanks to that lovely Caribbean Sea, and a ceiling fan! Enjoy your mango summer.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
C’mon, Trudi, snow!? It’s JUNE, for cryin’ out loud!
Long New England winters weren’t even THAT long….
Just had a mango for lunch
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June 10th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
This is MONTANA it has snowed here every month of the year. Like St. Croix, it is drop dead gorgeous, and that is one of the draws. I just covered all my tomatoes. They are round, and will be orange like a mango in a few months…