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On 4/25/2025 6:10 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> dsi1 wrote on 4/25/2025 5:54 PM:
>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:39:45 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-04-25 8:26 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>> On 4/24/2025 10:29 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>>
>>>>> We have snowy egrets. Our State is lousy with Great Blue Herons in the
>>>>> swampy areas. My small hunting group called them GBH's. I'm sure we
>>>>> don't have any GWH's, like in your picture.
>>>>>
>>>>> leo
>>>>
>>>> We have snowy egrets, too.  I've never seen any of them away from the
>>>> pond areas, though.  Occasionally a GBH will stroll across the back
>>>> yard.  A couple of weeks ago I saw one further down the street. 
>>>> This is
>>>> the first time I've seen a Great White Heron taking a stroll well away
>>>> from the water.
>>>
>>> Egrets are relative new comers here. I first started seeing them about
>>> 20 years ago. Great Blue Herons are much more common.
>>
>> I used to mostly see egrets on the back of cows when I was growing up.
>> These days, they're all over the Windward side of Oahu. Cattle egrets
>> are probably not a big deal on the mainland but they're much beloved in
>> Hawaii. The medium sized egret might be the biggest bird around. When
>> they're on the back of cows, they're cute birds. Up close, they have an
>> intense, purposeful, look.
>>
> 
> Uncle, do da hawaiians prefer to roast those boids, or do they eat them 
> raw, like sushi?
 >
Hank, I don't think there's a single culture where boids, reptilians or 
amphibioids are eaten raw.

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