Great point! I heard one only once, and I remember it being super jarring. I’m always kind of amazed by how silently and smoothly they glide through the air.
One early morning at the lake last year I heard what sounded like a herd of velociraptors feeding. It was an unholy screeching sound that echoed across the lake. I paddled around the point and saw the top of a tree shaking in the distance. There was something near the top making a ruckus. Soon a heron flew in and landed right next to the ruckus and two other herons moved a couple feet so I could see it was them making all the noise.
I guess the two were mating and the third flew in to watch or something. He was right next to them but he soon flew to another branch a few feet away to give them a little distance. The two noisy herons started either fighting or doing a mating dance or something. That’s when I got this video. There are lake houses nearby and I know the birds must have woken a lot of people up.
That’s awesome! Thanks so much for the detailed response and photo.
I love paddling past herons. They look like dinosaurs as they quietly take off.
A bald eagle is a great find.
They sound like dinosaurs too!
Great point! I heard one only once, and I remember it being super jarring. I’m always kind of amazed by how silently and smoothly they glide through the air.
One early morning at the lake last year I heard what sounded like a herd of velociraptors feeding. It was an unholy screeching sound that echoed across the lake. I paddled around the point and saw the top of a tree shaking in the distance. There was something near the top making a ruckus. Soon a heron flew in and landed right next to the ruckus and two other herons moved a couple feet so I could see it was them making all the noise.
I guess the two were mating and the third flew in to watch or something. He was right next to them but he soon flew to another branch a few feet away to give them a little distance. The two noisy herons started either fighting or doing a mating dance or something. That’s when I got this video. There are lake houses nearby and I know the birds must have woken a lot of people up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hIX3J7nQU
Wow! That’s an amazing video and story. Thanks for sharing. If I woke up to those noises, I’d for sure be baffled.
Fighting or mating lol. No idea either, but I love any animal where the two acts are hardly distinguishable.