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December 10, 2008
MONDAY MORNING MYSTERY: Answered
Monday morning's mystery was what is hidden in plain sight in this recent photo. Tom Burr, a friend of this blog, got it exactly right.
Way to go, Tom! I nearly walked past it without seeing it in real life.
(Don't you love that snow on the ground? Seems like ages ago.)
Click "Continue reading…" for the answer…
ANSWER: A Great Blue Heron was hanging out by the water's edge to the right on the way to the Warden's Watch. (It's in the lower middle of the original photo.)
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Hey Tom,
You get the “Sharpest Eyes of the Celery Farm” award! Congrats from us all!
John
PS: Photographic enhancement of the reddish pixels on the platform reveals the nose of a smallish reindeer leading a team of conspecifics pulling a sleigh. -
Great protective coloration and behavior on the heron’s part, eh? But what John, Sally and I were mistakenly drawn to was that reddish entity on a branch just above (or in front of) Warden’s Watch. Cardinal hanging out–or just a leaf hanging on? What other mysteries could be seen by staring at that photo? At one point I thought I saw Mr. Ace, the screech owl! Must stop gazing!
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John W.
Hey Tom,
You get the “Sharpest Eyes of the Celery Farm” award! Congrats from us all!
John
PS: Photographic enhancement of the reddish pixels on the platform reveals the nose of a smallish reindeer leading a team of conspecifics pulling a sleigh.
Tom Burr
Great protective coloration and behavior on the heron’s part, eh? But what John, Sally and I were mistakenly drawn to was that reddish entity on a branch just above (or in front of) Warden’s Watch. Cardinal hanging out–or just a leaf hanging on? What other mysteries could be seen by staring at that photo? At one point I thought I saw Mr. Ace, the screech owl! Must stop gazing!