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2025-10-31 18:26 --- Friday Evening
This morning as I was leaving for work I saw a massive congregation of all the walky water birds I love so much. A hundred and more, milling about in-the early sunrise. The banks were covered in ibises picking at the grass around the feet of egrets standing proudly and spaced just so. A dozen anhingas splashed messily in the center of the pond while a lone stork looked on with the mix of judgement and reservation typical of the species. It was the first time I had left so late. I'll visit again tomorrow, hopefully I'll be able to get better pictures. I saw a few more around 17:00 walking around the pond after work. Some regu- lars: an anhinga drying her wings after a swim; a flock of mallard hens following in case I had food; a tricolor heron, as flighty as if I were standing over it, and pointing a gun instead of my phone's camera; but I also saw a beautiful great blue heron (Ardea herodias)---which, despite the wide berth I gave it, fled like its little cousin at my interest---and a common gallinule (Gallinula galeata), the latter I positively identified for the first time today. They have absurdly large feet, moorso the juveniles.*
*The common gallinule was formerly known as the common moorhen, only split from the Old World species (Gallinula chloropus) in July 2011. It may still be more widely known as "moorhen" , thus the pun. Today was a good day---I've been at this for a while, one second.
2025-10-31 19:48 --- Late Friday Evening, Halloween btw
Today was a good day. If I could see so many gorgeous creatures every day as I have this one I might never shed another tear. I love birds.