ON MY MORNING WALK: The Heron Project II You might recall that back in February, Valentine’s Day to be exact, I had been out photographing the goldeneye and bufflehead ducks that were in abundance, spending their winter at “Walden”; and while photographing these beautiful birds along the pond’s shoreline, I happened to look up to see a male great blue heron overhead in a tree, carefully selecting sticks for a nest. This normally shy, even secretive bird allowed me to get close enough not only to watch him but to photograph him as he went about his business. Eventually, when he had selected several suitable twigs, he gathered them up and flew off across the water to where his mate was waiting, high up in a pine tree on a small island (now referred to as “Heron Island.” For me this was a real treat indeed ― a nesting pair of herons at “Walden” ― and I decided at that very moment that if it was at all possible, I would make photographing these two great birds my project for ...