Sunday, Jan 16, 2022

[Dave]

That certainly says late 60s to me, Don. sure takes me back. I recognize Dylan, The Beatles, and The Mamas and the Papas, but can't quite make out the other one. I still have around 100 vinyl LPs from the late 60s and early 70s and keep thinking I should get a turntable and speakers.

I dug into my archives for an old (but not nearly as old as yours) photo. Taken at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, probably around 2007. I forget which camera I was using then. It's a great Blue Heron on one of the tiny islets in the main channel, back to the strong wind on a blustery morning...

   

The GBH is North America's largest and heaviest heron: length (or height) of 54" (1.4 m), wingspan of 6 feet (1.8 m). It's often solitary but migrates in groups, and nests in colonies in trees in or near water, and forages in grassy fields and shallow water. It has a deep hoarse call that sounds like the calls filmmakers give to dinosaurs. Quite magnificent in flight, with long and slow beats of those huge wings. If I had to compare its flight to that of a plane I'd say the C-17; not quick or agile, but when it gets up to speed it is mighty impressive.