Kindly Old Dr. K’s Hydrosphere

Fellow Traveler Update 12/28/07 - She’s still there two weeks later, despite higher water.

For the last month or so, this heron has maintained a constant vigil over the small fish in the Maryland Chute on the Potomac. I’ve paddled through the chutes a dozen times recently, from 8:00AM to dark, and she is always in the same spot. She’s having great success, as I’ve seen her snarf up quite a few small fish, and she doesn’t mind if you play in the hole just a few feet away. She doesn’t like it if you eddy out on river left near her, though. What a joy to see our fellow travelers on the planet enjoying their day on the river.