this is why I wait on the bank
mouth stung with the acid of tomatoes
to watch this heron
my aunt called blue
but my mother insisted
was officially green
argument never settled
& unimportant to this bird
stilting in water
to fish
or perhaps pose
just for me
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Or doing the two – fishing and posing for you, though this latter raises the issue of observer paradox! would it be stiting in this particular fashion if you were not there to watch?
I am not sure–the bird was definitely preening for my benefit, methinks. Did not ask her/him, though.
🙂
I’ve always connected a heron as “strike a pose” vogue. 🙂
🙂 that’s what this lovely, leggy beauty did!