I regularly see herons (maybe the same one) at the lake where Scout and I often walk in the mornings. And no matter what, if I get too close, the heron flies off. This image was from about a week ago of the heron as the sun was just starting to rise and I got closer than I have gotten before it flew off across the lake. The bird doesn’t know that I am not a threat and so it is just doing what it naturally should do.