The Rappahannock Tribe has become the first tribal nation in the United States to successfully adopt a tribal constitution that recognizes the rights of nature, giving legal protection to the river it has lived alongside for thousands of years. The new constitution recognizes nine specific rights for the Rappahannock River, including rights to “naturally exist, […]
Tag: Ardea herodias
When All Else Fails
The weatherman let me down. Instead of partly sunny as forecast, heavy clouds and fog were all I found at sunrise this morning – and a few snow flakes. I hit the road at 5:45 hoping to get one more chance at eagles before they move out of the area. But it was not to […]
Great Blue Heron Close-Up
A couple of weeks ago at Lema Ranch I came upon a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) fishing in Leah’s Pond. As is usual for this species, this heron was standing still and waiting for its prey most of the time and slowly walking through the shallow water otherwise, looking for anything that would fit […]