Try Mirror Lake
After ice-out, one Great Blue cruises overhead towards Mirror Lake every day near sunset. 'Guess he's at a rookery now -- but he'll be back!
Great Blue Herons are common in the South. They have a mean and aggressive reputation, and will spend fifteen minutes chasing a Great Blue rival from a "very special" territory for fishing -- as well as "drawing blood" with larger birds like pelicans. It's only real predator is the bald eagle, which has been known to take them.
I've had them walk close by me as I sat reading next to a southern lake. It's unnerving to have to look up into a Great Blue Heron's steely-gray stare.
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