Vol. 29 // These bird courtship dances were made for the club 🪩

Found in North and Central America

Hear Their Song

A Great Blue Heron soaring silently through a dusky sky is always a majestic sight. They can be spotted slowly stepping with purpose on the edges of all kinds of fresh and salty waterways, diligently searching for fish, amphibians, and even rodents to spear with their deadly beaks. 

While these birds with blue-gray feathers stand up to 4.5 feet tall and can have a wingspan of 6.5 feet, they’re surprisingly light, weighing only about six pounds (thanks to their hollow bones, which all birds share).

Fun fact: Great Blue Herons have excellent night vision, and can hunt 24/7.

Give a Hoot

Birding bits you should know about this week

🌲 Learn
The life of an avian tech field in under three minutes
This TikTok really gives a great overview of how some biologists spend their time!

🏠 Shop
Experts share their favorite backyard bird feeders
Learn how different shapes, materials, and more will attract different birds. (And maybe treat yourself to a new feeder!)

🕺 Laugh
Real bird courtship dances guaranteed to work in the club
The Great Argus Pheasant’s got moves!

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So heavy

is the long-necked, long-bodied heron,

always it is a surprise

when her smoke-colored wings

open

and she turns

from the thick water,

from the black sticks

of the summer pond,

and slowly

rises into the air

and is gone.

– “Heron Rises from the Dark, Summer Pond” by Mary Oliver

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