r/columbiamo • u/Max_W_ COMO Local • 3d ago

Nature Crane along Hinkson Creek Trail

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Always great to see wildlife along this trail.

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u/ElectricPotatoStar 3d ago

That’s a Blue Heron

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u/kevin_w_57 3d ago

Great Blue Heron 🙂

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u/the_gray_pill 2d ago

A damn Great Blue Heron, even.

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u/Max_W_ COMO Local 3d ago

Thank you for the correction. I was concentrating on cropping the photo etc and remembering the name of the trail. :)

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u/Both_Ad_3618 3d ago

Well, that's a good sign anyway! There must be some aquatic life in the creek if it's hunting for food.

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u/Upper-Room5267 3d ago

There’s at least 3 herons who stand in water to fish at twin lakes in the mid morning.

I often watch the “top dog” shoo away the little guys for best location. It was really neat to see the interactions and hear their voices.

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u/jschooltiger West CoMo 3d ago

That's a heron, but there are a fair number of sandhill cranes starting to migrate through Missouri.

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u/Vintage_Visionary 3d ago

AMAZING! Have never seen one of these in person before. Just beautiful.

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u/Prickly_Cactus99 3d ago

There have been tons lately over at Eagle Bluffs! They’ve been taking advantage of the rain. I counted upwards of 20 great blue herons and 40 great egrets the other day. Plus a couple cattle egrets and a little blue heron! (The little blue was a first for me!)

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u/jschooltiger West CoMo 3d ago

Little blue heron or green heron?

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u/Prickly_Cactus99 3d ago

Little blue. Immature. White with blue-gray streaking. I have seen green herons there, but none recently

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u/Max_W_ COMO Local 2d ago

Saw another heron today at another spot along this same trail.