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Great Blue Herons fly
with their necks folded - Sandhill Cranes and Roseate Spoonbills
fly with their necks extended.

I used to keep a small houseboat at Sweetwater
Resort - a now defunct fish camp. There was a problem
once.... fish were disappearing from the bait tank every
night. The bait tank was a fairly large cement structure
outside, by the canal. At first we thought that some fisherman
must be sneaking up at night and stealing bait. Day after
day they would restock the tank, but every morning the fish
would be gone.
I'm sure you can see where this is going! After sitting up all night
with a shotgun, the owner discovered his thief - you guessed it - a Great
Blue Heron. The bird was coming in early every morning, standing on the
edge of the tank, and just helping himself!
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