Big questions to ponder?

    "My" egret is still working the far corner of "my" pond from sunrise until sunset. Watching it, and other herons, working the shorelines to find frogs and minnows a wondering came upon me. Given their practice of walking shorelines what happens if they accidentally step into a deep water drop off? Can they swim? This is just one of many deep questions to ponder. Do you have an opinion on this subject? I assumed they could given their life related to water. (Pheasants can swim until their feathers become saturated.)

      When in doubt go to Google. This is what Google says: "It also does several other things that most other herons typically do not, including hovering before dropping (feet-first) to pick prey off the surface of the water, and swimming in deep water (yes, herons can swim)."  Evolutionally it makes sense; those that can swim would be more likely to survive and reproduce.

     With my switch from CaringBridge to Blogspot I'm missing the "hearts" and "comments" I treasured on CB. If you scroll to the bottom of the Blogspot page you will find "Comments". If you click on that a panel will open on which you may write a comment.

     Dry, and now hot, weather prevails. When I took Trygve outside, when it was 95 degrees, to play fetch after his second retrieve he trotted to the door of the house and waited to return to air conditioning. Smart dog! 😊

Takk for alt,

Al