Make Me a Supermodel, I’m Not Standing in This Wind Tunnel for My Health

The wind won’t blow this Great Blue Heron away…

A close-up shot of a Great Blue Heron at the fish pond, Fontainebleau State Park, Louisiana/photo by the author

The human heart lifts when a bird recognizes us as an individual with predictable behaviors. There’s magic in it. We are here. We are seen.

The Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets of southeast Louisiana are some of the more visible…