{"id":9375,"date":"2016-08-31T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2016-09-18T10:08:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T14:08:25","slug":"the-heron-and-the-bullfrog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=9375","title":{"rendered":"The Heron and the Bullfrog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-1.jpg\" alt=\"hansen-heron-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"hansen-heron-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-2-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-3.jpg\" alt=\"hansen-heron-3\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-3-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-4.jpg\" alt=\"hansen-heron-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-4-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-6.jpg\" alt=\"hansen-heron-6\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-6-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-7.jpg\" alt=\"hansen-heron-7\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hansen-Heron-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spotted a heron at the Davidson Mill Pond Park in central, NJ walking along the edge with something in its mouth.\u00a0 As I focused my camera on it, it flew across the pond.\u00a0 I realized the heron had speared a bullfrog through its back rear thigh!\u00a0 As I walked closer, the heron noticed me and began to walk into the grass.\u00a0 As he looked over his shoulder towards me, the bullfrog slid off its beak and got away!\u00a0 The heron was none too happy and was unable to find it.\u00a0 I returned several days since, thinking I&#8217;d find that bullfrog, maybe morphed into a prince with a limp.\u00a0 Alas, I haven&#8217;t found him yet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spotted a heron at the Davidson Mill Pond Park in central, NJ walking along the edge with something in its mouth.\u00a0 As I focused my camera on it, it flew across the pond.\u00a0 I realized the heron had speared a bullfrog through its back rear thigh!\u00a0 As I walked closer, the heron noticed me 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