Last year a Great Blue Heron was being chased from the Lake Runnemede area by an eagle. It flew into a thick copse of hemlocks and white pine, perching precariously, as you said. The eagle zoomed by. Then the GBH took off again.

Cecelia Blair

Windsor, VT

From: Upper Valley Birders <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Laurel R. Stavis <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [UVB] Blue Heron behavior?

Late yesterday afternoon in downtown Lebanon, I saw a Great Blue Heron precariously perched among branches in a tall white pine behind the Methodist Church. I heard crows in the area so assumed perhaps it was being harried. I’d never seen a heron “perch” like that. It definitely seemed uncomfortable and ungainly, trying to gain some balance in the tree. After a few minutes it flew away. Has anyone seen anything like this?

Have also been seeing hummers in downtown Lebanon gardens.

Laurel Stavis.

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