THE GREAT HERON RESCUE

ALL OF US BOYS WENT FOR A WALK TO SEE THE BISON UP THE ROAD. WHEN WE WERE ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE BISON ELI SAID, '' I BET THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SHOT WITH A BB GUN''. WE LOOKED OVER AND SAW WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A PHEASANT. WHEN WE GOT CLOSER WE SAW A BIRD FLOPPING AROUND TRYING TO FLY. WHEN I SAW THE STRUGGLING BIRD MY GRANDPA WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A JOKE. I RAN OVER, SCOOPED UP THE BIRD, RAN BACK ON THE PATH AND SAID, ''CONTINUE''. THE BIRD DID NOT PUT ON A FIGHT ALL THE WAY HOME. WHEN WE GOT HOME I BURST IN THE DOOR AND SAID,'' MOM LOOK WHAT I FOUND.'' MY MOM SAID, ''WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT THING?,'' AS SHE POINTED TO THE DOOR.'' I EXPLAINED THAT THE BIRD WAS HURT. MY GRANDPA SAID,''I DID NOT SAY A THING.'' AFTER A LONG DEBATE AND A LOT OF,''BUT MOM LOOK AT THE POOR THING,'' WE DECIDED THAT IT COULD STAY IN THE CHICKEN COOP. MY DAD TOOK IT TO THE CHICKEN COOP WHERE THE HEALING, VERY TERRITORIAL HERON IS MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY OUT OF HIS CHICKEN COOP.

HERE ARE A FEW FACTS ABOUT HERONS (MY MOM MADE ME WRITE THESE FOR ''EDUCATIONAL VALUES.)


TRI-COLORED HERONS LAY 3-6 EGGS A YEAR.
FEMALES ARE THE SAME COLORS AS MALES.
THE HERONS DIET IS FISH AND INSECTS.
TRI-COLORED HERONS ARE BECOMING ENDANGERED.