As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, I drove up to Jensen Beach, Florida the other day to check out the flood damage on Hyline Drive, which is still under 5 feet of water in some places. But when I got out of the car, the first thing I saw were the two blue herons in the photograph on the left, walking through the shallow parts of the water. Now, keep in mind that a lot of the homes in this neighborhood use septic tanks, and the flooding resulted in raw sewage contaminating water in the homes and on the street. And yet, the first time I have seen blue herons in years, they are wandering around in and drinking this polluted water. Go figure. As I have said before, the term "birdbrain" was invented for a reason.
As I remember, the last time I saw a blue heron around here was when one of them took up residence along the St. Lucie River, hanging out around the pier not too far away from my sister Susan and my condo here in Stuart, and seen in the photograph on the right. Each time I came down to visit my mother Mary, I would see it wandering around that pier. But at some point, it left and never came back. Driving through nearby Sewall's Point last year, I noticed handwritten signs with an arrow pointing to "the blue heron nest" and did my best to find it, but there were no further signs on the block indicated and I never could find it. In any case, hopefully those two herons wise up and head to the nearby Indian or St. Lucie Rivers to sip the water. I know those rivers have environmental issues, but hopefully they are sewage free. Although these days, you just never know.
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