River Update: there was a really cool bird fishing in the silt today!
I don’t recognize it, but it was totally chill with me taking some pictures from the bridge.
https://awoo.space/media/nYd9n7-hK2ACg_rd71U
https://awoo.space/media/pzCxOoWXoYAtrO_ilyk
https://awoo.space/media/m8H1BG06gT_NYtDskuM
@leafnoodle Looks somewhat like a great blue heron to me, but i'm not sure if there are others similar to it...
@mallaidh ah, you’re totally right! we have those here but I dismissed it because none of the blue was visible.
I thought they were usually more skittish, too.
@leafnoodle Pretty sure that's a juvenile blue heron! You can see the distinctive head stripe starting to form where its adult plumage is coming in.
Even got a video, albeit from a poor angle. (never tried video on mastodon before, hopefully it doesn’t die of compression)
https://awoo.space/media/59haJge-77x3hPhJuts