Skinny Heron Left seashell Once hunted for its feathers

Once hunted for its feathers

This fine art giclée canvas print celebrates Charleston as a true walking city — alive with light

painted in sunlight and surf

golden sand

Skinny Heron Left seashell Once hunted for its feathersThe Blue heron is unique in that it is native to the entirety of North America. When I was 16 I came upon a heron fishing a cove on Fairleigh Creek on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Although it stood 4 or 5 feet tall , it squawked and took off in a slow methodical flap of its wings . I wanted to get closer but literally 80 yards was where it drew the line. In Minnesota the local fisherman call them "Shy Poke" and there is actually a minnow