I saw a great blue heron the other day. I've seen them before, but from a distance. This one was standing right on the path where I was riding, and kept standing there as I got closer, and it was so big I didn't register that it was a bird until I was pretty close. I guess I was about fifty feet away when he spread his wings and took off, very slowly. Bird stands between four and five feet high --taller than my 11y/o daughter-- with a wingspan over six feet. Looks more like a dinosaur than anything.