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Several dozen great blue herons were perched on pilings in the Pend Oreille River at Usk, Washington Tuesday. Area birding enthusiasts said this is the time of year large groups of the giant birds can be seen migrating and resting in certain areas, such as the Pack River Delta along Lake Pend Oreille. Soon they will disperse in smaller groups to nesting rookeries in cottonwoods or other woodlands near water. (Colin Mulvany/SR)
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coeurgenx on March 04 at 11:51 a.m.
thats a great photo. makes me think that if you were to line them all up, one could kill’m all with one shot. not that I would, just reminded me of some redneck cartoon..
Don_Sausser on March 04 at 3:42 p.m.
Wow, Colin Mulvany/SR never fails his photo assignments.
Great eye!
fortboise on March 04 at 4:24 p.m.
Lovely photo. I’d like to see a print big enough to make the herons look “large”.