This is a great blue heron that lives near our camp in Holland. We don’t see a lot of wildlife in Holland, although there has been an unconfirmed sighting of a “big cat” nearby. I saw a photo allegedly taken on the Holland/CT border at Holland Market, and I checked with the local blogger to get the scoop. He said that they weren’t sure what animal was in the photo or where it was taken, but that there had been a black bear in Holland a while back. Not surprising considering that surrounding the congestion of lake homes there’s a whole lot of nothing (see below). Here’s a link to the bear photos.
We were watching this wildlife on our porch at home until a visitor tore down the nest and killed the spider. The kids forced the visitor to oversee a burial.
