PHOTO BY SILL FAVtR
The Green-backed Heron is a small, crow-sized , dark-colored
heron.
Green-Backed Herons
BY HILL KAVKR
Wc usually find Grccn-backcd Herons pcrchcd precariously on a low
shrub or a rock watching the water for small fish. They can be almost
motionless until something to their liking swims by
and then a quick jab with that long bill catches their
food.
These birds arc small for herons, about 18-22
inches long and have an overall brownish appear
ance, with more of a slatish-bluc than a green back.
When startled they can raise a dark crest on the top
of their heads and extend their necks way out, mak
ing them look rather strange and different from their
normal perched position. These herons have reddish
vpp brown necks, sharp-pointed bills, and orange legs.
Sometimes the Green-backed Heron can be quite
acrobatic. They may lean down watching minnows until they are in a po
sition where their head is way below where their feet hold onto a branch.
They can even drop off into the water at just the right time, and some ob
servers have reported them swimming underwater in pursuit of a fish.
Green-backed Herons nest in single pairs away from the rookeries of
many of the other herons. Nests arc made of small slicks and can be
placed anywhere from on the ground, in low-growing shrubs, or 20-30
feet up in the trees. Preferred areas seem to be around ponds, lakes, and
streams, though they have been found nesting in dry locations like old
orchards and upland woods.
Watch for these interesting herons in swamps and wetlands. You
may see them perched patiently waiting for some action in the water be
low them, or you may see them flying slowly overhead just after sunset.
Don't try to sec the "grccn-back," just look for a dark, crow-sizcd bird
quietly sharing space around us as wc enjoy together this special place
where land and sky and sea come together.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Granddaughter's Heart Is Broken
To the editor:
I am writing this to tell you what
happened to my granddaughter. Her
name is Theresa Rose Blackwcll.
She turned 1 1 years old March 20.
For her birthday she got a faded
blue denim purse with shoulder strap
and flowered pink ruffle on one side,
a wallet with telephone address
book, calendar planner and note pad
inside, and $15 cash. She was so
happy about getting these things.
Three days later she was in her
last class, a music class at Bolivia
Elementary School, and her purse
and everything she got for her birth
day were taken from this class.
It was not easy for us to buy these
things. Please, could you print this
and maybe someone will read it and
return her things to Bolivia School
as she feels real sad right now. 1 ap
preciate any help you can be.
Thelma Catcs
(Theresa's Grandmother)
Rl. 2, Bolivia
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Sunset Beach Island Market
Sunset Beach Motel
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?1942 THE BRUNSWICK BEACON
Leadership
for a
change.
Dear Brunswick County Friends:
I am a candidate for Governor because I care about the future of
North Carolina. My campaign is also your campaign. It's about electin;
a Governor capable of setting priorities, and making the tough decisbi
about how the people's hard-earned tax dollars are spent.
Our campaign is about providing our children a quality education,
preparing them to live and work in well-paying 21st Century jobs. It's
about improving our schools by returning more decision making
authority to the local level, freeing teachers from bureaucratic overload,
and letting the teachers teach.
Our campaign is about helping existing North Carolina business
and industry ? the big and the small ? to modernize and expand, and to
provide them with a well trained workforce. It's about developing better
export markets for North Carolina products, and encouragirg
environmentally responsible business and industry to bring1 jobs to
North Carolina ? for North Carolina people.
Our campaign is about making our communities safr and secure,
by building sufficient prisons to lock the revolving door a id keep the
dangerous criminals off the streets. It's about requiring 'he inmates to
work to earn their own keep, and re-pay their victims.
We have ambitious and important goals for NorU Carolina.
Working together, we will reach these goals, and put T4orth Carolina
back on track.
With all best wishes to my Brunswick County .riends, I am
Sincerel^^7
Lacy/^ornkurg
Lacy Thornburff:
?fed the fight against crime in \orth Carolina
? worked to protect the environment
?. represented the concerns of ninorities, women,
the elderly, and the disadvantaged
+saved the people of North Carolina significant
amounts of money and tax dollars
fought for the interests of North Carolina's
consumers
fought unfair increases it consumer rates at
Utility Commission hearings, in the courts, and
through legislation.
PAID FOR BY BRUNSWICK COUNTY CITIZENS FOR LACY THORNBURG. MACK HEWETT. TREASl ?0 ? ?