At a recent trip to Papago Park I found a Great Blue Heron standing at the edge of the water and that grackle in the photo was not happy about it. The grackle and another friend kept dive-bombing the heron. The heron appeared to be minding its own business but those grackles were not happy.
The funny thing was that the heron was totally unfazed and simply ignored all the screeching and flapping around. Herons are such calm and graceful birds.
I was there for about 20 minutes snapping photos and the heron just walked along the shore and watched the water.
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Perhaps the grackle thought the heron was too close to its nest and was ready to defend it.
The Heron was looking for the nest. Great photos.
Thar heron was a cool character, Sharon.
Beautiful photos, Sharon. That last photo is amazing, very majestic looking bird!
They have a really long neck!! : )
A very regal fellow.
Wow, you really got in close on that last photo! Beautiful birds. They have a certain elegance about them.
As others said, I'm sure the grackles were defending a nest. I don't think a heron would bother a grackle nest, but I'm not sure.
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