. Song birds and water fowl . say, hauteur—of the eagle, it hasa filling presence that is very striking. Flyingis the eagles vocation, but only an avocation ofthis heron. The lonesome marsh seemed onlymore silent and lonely after a view of this itspresiding genius, hovering about in its wild,mute, and suspicious manner, then floating offhalf moodily where it could maintain, more un-observed, its noiseless, melancholy reign over itssolitary domain. On my way up the creek Iasked a man whom I found couching in thegrass for ducks, in regard to herons. He re-plied, without the least animation, that
. Song birds and water fowl . say, hauteur—of the eagle, it hasa filling presence that is very striking. Flyingis the eagles vocation, but only an avocation ofthis heron. The lonesome marsh seemed onlymore silent and lonely after a view of this itspresiding genius, hovering about in its wild,mute, and suspicious manner, then floating offhalf moodily where it could maintain, more un-observed, its noiseless, melancholy reign over itssolitary domain. On my way up the creek Iasked a man whom I found couching in thegrass for ducks, in regard to herons. He re-plied, without the least animation, that he saw-three or four of them that morning; but onemeant more to me than three or four to could be seen at a glance that he had no * eyesin his heart for that stately and picturesquecreature; he had, poor soul, only a capacity forducks. In a close view of the great blue, whenflying, there is something rather comical in itsbudget of angles — long dangling legs, out-stretched serpentine neck, thin body and broad 248. GREAT BLUE HERON Then floating off half moodily where it could maintain, more unobserved, its noiseless,melancholy reign over its solitary domain (p. 248). A Colony of Herons canopy of wings^that makes even an admirerfeel a bit derisive. But as he showed himselftime and again afterward, coursing high andgrandly over the lake, the angularity was allsubdued to broad and flowing outlines, and heseemed a touch of sailing sky that crowned thepicture worthily. 249 Earliest Signs of Spring The trumpet of a prophecy ! O Wind,If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind ? Shelley.
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