tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post8334936156797452801..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: HeronsChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-77065685309806117822008-05-25T21:57:00.000-04:002008-05-25T21:57:00.000-04:00cats - I can't say that I've heard a fox screaming...cats - I can't say that I've heard a fox screaming, although we certainly have plenty of foxes out in the field on our lane. <BR/><BR/>My mother's mother had a pet fox. Seriously. She found it as a pup, I guess, and raised it. She was infamous in Gloucester as the lady with a pet fox who ran the country store.<BR/><BR/>Most of the animal sounds in the middle of the night around here are blood-curdling. My blood is thoroughly curdled every single night.<BR/><BR/>I need to go away for a week and get some sleep. Downtown New York City would probably be quieter.Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-77945375058888474192008-05-25T20:38:00.000-04:002008-05-25T20:38:00.000-04:00He is a beautiful creature. They are very unique b...He is a beautiful creature. They are very unique birds. I want to know if anyone has heard a fox screaming in the middle of the night. It sounds like the cross between a dog barking and a blood curdling scream at the same time. I hear them in the woods behind my house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-89531010544313736482008-05-25T19:16:00.000-04:002008-05-25T19:16:00.000-04:00Hey, y'all. foolery - aren't they amazing in flig...Hey, y'all. <BR/><BR/>foolery - aren't they amazing in flight? The ugly part I suppose comes in their scrawniness. Is that a word? No matter, their features are so stark and rather harsh..they're gangly sorts of creatures. But beautiful nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>Roz - I'd never thought of the hippie hairdo! Good call. And I do know firsthand what a peacock sounds like. I used to work at Busch Gardens and worked right near where a peacock was on exhibit. I think the peacock's voice is sweeter than the heron's, which sounds like someone who's smoked for a year too many.<BR/><BR/>bearnaked - I will do anything and I do mean anything to avoid housework. Anything.<BR/><BR/>Kaffy! - I've missed talking to ya. We need to get together soon. And start that other blog...Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-83613215710283141612008-05-23T23:48:00.000-04:002008-05-23T23:48:00.000-04:00"Heron" Northern VA we have herons too. Right in m..."Heron" Northern VA we have herons too. Right in my back yard. But they look out of place in the suburbs. I think they are better suited for the tall grass of Mathews. We hear the dissonant squawking of geese here, but no heron music. Nice picture, CBW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-46888567095351472882008-05-20T21:40:00.000-04:002008-05-20T21:40:00.000-04:00HiCame here from David's blog--Life in a Cone of S...Hi<BR/>Came here from David's blog--Life in a Cone of Silence.<BR/>After reading your profile<BR/>"Interests: Just about anything except housework. The End." I decided you are my kind of blogger.<BR/>Looking forward to reading your blog.Bear Nakedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911207797995309155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-88188231176866389262008-05-20T11:22:00.000-04:002008-05-20T11:22:00.000-04:00I love how some birds look as if they need a hairc...I love how some birds look as if they need a haircut. Hippies!<BR/><BR/>I am wondering if the Great Blue's screech is anything like what a peacock makes--sounds almost like a horrible amped-up cat yowl. Painful to hear!Rozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06416317305276200099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-9317274851787989482008-05-19T19:03:00.000-04:002008-05-19T19:03:00.000-04:00He's beautiful! I don't see one scrap of ugly on ...He's beautiful! I don't see one scrap of ugly on that guy.<BR/><BR/>We get a GBH on the ranch every winter. He haunts the fields, sometimes flies low over my parents' house, and I don't have any idea where he sleeps. Only one, though, so there's never been any territorial squawking that I've heard.<BR/><BR/>I don't know where he lives the rest of the year, but it's probably the creek, which is less than a mile away as the heron flies.fooleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437690389824744691noreply@blogger.com