This is a compilation of videos taken of the blue heron that visits a local pond each year, throughout March and April of this year. The videos have been arranged to form a loose narrative.
Blue Heron, March & April 2017
G. M. Lupo
Animals, Birds, Chamblee, DeKalb, Georgia, Herons, United States, Words, Writing
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G. M. Lupo is an author and award-winning playwright from Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been performed at Merely Players Present in Doraville, GA (2019), Academy Theatre in Hapeville, GA (2018), and The Essential Theatre in Atlanta (2017). He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Independent Book Publishers Association. His most recent publication is Atlanta Stories: Reconstruction (2020), available at all online book sellers. View all posts by G. M. Lupo
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That’s a nice conversation starter at a party. Having your head and shoulders hunched down and then very slowly extending your neck.
I keep wondering what it’s seeing. There are giant goldfish in the pond (koi?) but they’re larger than the heron. It must eat minnows and guppies.
I love the way it walks like a creepy perv.
They’re interesting to video. Slow meticulous movements leading to insanely long periods of inactivity. I edited out about five minutes of it standing motionless in the water. Then it does something like stalk something in the pond or fly away. The latest times, it’s been more active than usual, walking around on the sidewalk or flying off toward someplace else.
He should take Bill O’Reilly’s time slot.
I need to add some music to it. I know a lot of musicians.
I think 80’s death metal would be the most appropriate.