Thursday, June 18, 2009

Hank Heron

Aloha &
Welcome Back to Waikiki!
Click on Photos to Enlarge Hank the Celebrity Heron
"Let everything do
what it likes to do
and so
Satisfy it's
Soul."
Chung Tzu

Innocent Looking Morning Glory Plans Neighborhood Domination!


“It is not enough to conquer; one must also know how to seduce.”
Voltaire


Banana and papaya trees in da yard.
Welcome home.

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."
George Moore

"The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes."
Harold B. Lee

"Life's a voyage that's homeward bound."
Herman Melville

"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."
John Howard Payne



Ti Lei & Shinto Amulet
hanging from my rear-view mirror for safety.
"The heart of the person before you is a mirror.
See there your own form."
Shinto Saying




I love the giant blue heron who glide above my harbor home. They are so big (for birds) that they almost seem like small people.
Serious, feathered, small people.
Have your seen their powerful claws? The amber glint in their serious eyes? We're talking one tough bird!
Intelligent and wonderful fishers, they grudgingly share their world with us. . .
Then there's Hank,
Hank the black crowned night heron (auku`u) of Ko`olina out on the Leeward Coast.
There he lives in a cushy water feature on the golf course,
just beside a charming restaurant.
No one's sure exactly when Hank, began to garner attention, but it seems that he is even better at fishing than your average heron.
You see, Hank has learned to use bait.
Instead of merely watching for fish, he carefully places discarded restaurant bread on the water before him, watches intently for a nibble,
then scoops up his distracted meal
complete with-bread-stuffing!
Carol Cox of Envirowatch (our local citizen advocate and all around good guy) says that Hank and the missus even taught a clutch of fledglings the same trick last year.
You like make friends in Hawaii?
Go fishing!
If that's not your style you're always welcome to join me. . . just walking in Waikiki. . .
Aloha! Cloudia

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hank sounds like one smart bird! That's a great shot of him. The tree outside the fence is gorgeous. Great quotes-- great post.

Anonymous said...

Hank is cool! I've got a ti lei in my house. Maybe I should wear it to work! DrumMajor

Daryl said...

Never under estimate a hungry male ... D. Edelstein


Aloha!

Anonymous said...

aloha and good morning! Stopped by for my day's vacation while working. What's the B.T. stand for? ;)

Charles Gramlich said...

we have a lot of beautiful herons and egrets here. I love to watch them.

gigi-hawaii said...

Cloudia, great column! I am so proud of you. But, why didn't you mention the title of your book in the author's tag below your story? Splendid opportunity now lost.

Folks, do read Cloudia's Goddess Speaks column in today's Star-Bulletin:

http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20090618_drive_with_dad_stirs_memory.html

Teresa said...

Hi Cloudia,

I loved the story of Hank the Heron. It just goes to show that animals and humans do influence each other in the circle of life.

I also loved the caption under the morning glory. I don't think I will ever think of a morning glory in quite the same way after Sepiru Chris's words about convolvulus!!

Peace,
Teresa

Akelamalu said...

Cool bird!

Anonymous said...

He was a hell of a homerun hitter too!

Wil Harrison.com

Anonymous said...

cool

Cloudia said...

Tricia, thanks

Drum Major: do!

Daryl: How true.

BT = Bama Trav ;-)

Charles: cool

Thanks, GiGi
(I'll pay you later ;-)

Teresa: Yes, that caption was Cuneiform influenced LOL!

Ake: YOU sure are ;-)

Wil, Yeah! Hammerin` Hank!

Hey, "Nony"

Kay said...

Wow! Those are amazing photos! By the way, do you know that in Illinois we weren't allowed to hang anything on our rear view mirror? You could get a ticket. No kidding.
By the way, congratulations on your post being in the Star Bulletin. I saw it on Gigi's post. Terrific!

magiceye said...

amazing hank!

namaste /\
aloha!

Anonymous said...

Hey Kat, I didn't know that, have never gotten one yet!

Wil Harrison.com

Bubblewench said...

That would be very fun to watch!

SandyCarlson said...

Whenever I think of herons, I hear Dylan Thomas's line about the "heron priested shore." They have that spiritual elegance, that remote grounding. Basically, they seem to know how the world works and they know they don't need us. And it's magic.

Thanks for all the treasures in this post.

Junosmom said...

Morning glory is my birth month flower.

Barbara Martin said...

Hank Heron is a wonderful kind of bird with long legs to wade in deep water.