Sick heron?

[Pat]

This morning around 11 a.m. a great blue heron strolled across our backyard looking perfectly fine. It stood for a while next to a red cedar and now is lying down in the same spot. It's head is up and it looks alert, but it's been like this for three hours, and it didn't budge when I walked around the back of our house. Most hero s that visit are much more wary and I've never seen a heron lying down.

Is this something to report to DNR?

Pat Valdata

Crisfield, MD

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