October 7, 2008

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In a crew boat on the Willamette river about two miles from the Willamette University campus.

            Sometimes I get bored while rowing the boat I we are doing a drill where the whole boat is not rowing. So today I have seen two great blue herons. There are most defiantly the most spectacular creatures on the river. The first heron that I saw was flying overhead. I then saw another one in a grassy patch of the riverside near the boathouse. This was really interesting because last Friday I believe I saw a heron in this same patch. So I wonder if it is the same bird or a different one. Also when I first saw the heron by the grass patch I was near to the other side of the river so it took me a moment to decide it the animal I was seeing was a heron or some sort of a dog. There are also quite a few swallows flying about but they are not nearly as glorious as the blue herons.