{"id":1547,"date":"2013-09-13T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2013-09-13T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:24:25","slug":"sweet-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/13\/sweet-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0092\"<\/a>Back to this guy.<\/p>\n

I’ve been joking with friends that there’s a heron at the beach who seems to flirt. \u00a0The first time I saw him he danced on a rooftop at dusk, and I think I developed a bit of a bird crush for him right then.<\/p>\n

We’ve played hide and seek a little, with him \u00a0singing to me in his gronky voice, landing noisily in spots around the beach and then quietly moving when I’m not looking. \u00a0The tease.<\/p>\n

So I thought I was joking about the flirting until the other afternoon when he seemed to be determined to circle around me and show off his best poses. \u00a0First he landed on the boat again, held his wings down and his belly out and seemed to say, “Hey baby. \u00a0Yeah? Right?” \u00a0Needed to be wearing a sleeveless undershirt and maybe a gold chain or two. \u00a0\"IMG_0093\"<\/a><\/p>\n

He eventually took off and zigged around the bay, down on the rocks, up in a tree, always posing and looking sideways at me, and letting out a gronk and a flap if my attention wandered too far. \u00a0Flirtiest bird I know.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0096\"<\/a>I played coy and talked to this guy a bit, but he didn’t say much. \u00a0Sort of crabby.<\/p>\n

(I was a day or two late trying to engage him in conversation.)<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0098\"<\/a>Finally my heron flew off into the blue and I stared after his fickle self and said a little humph.<\/p>\n

But that’s OK. \u00a0I know he likes me. \u00a0Before he left he sent me a heart.\"IMG_0090\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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