Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — Why the Blue Heron Is Funny. [ARTICLE]

Why the Blue Heron Is Funny.

Did you ever watch a great blue heron fishing? Knee deep he stands in some pool, stream or bay, and no marble statue has anything on him for being immovable, says the Philadelphia Ledger. Presently some member of the finny tribe, perhaps a chap out of class or the whole school even, wanders by beneath the crystal depth and —whack! The combination of long bent neck and dagger bill does a stunt that is both funny and effective and generally gets the fish. The entire aspect is peculiar and hard to describe; It is much like a miniature and plumed clothesrack with a crazy tongs attachment, the latter being lengthened by a released watchspring. You can see it, but merely so; no more than that.