
Was out for a walk on the UBC campus at dusk with the intention to watch the sun set over the ocean. The cliff leading down to the ocean is heavily forested, I wandered deeper and deeper into the woods looking for a clear spot to watch the sky change.
As I walked, my quest to watch the sunset was displaced by curiosity over the strangest, loudest sound coming from way off to my right so I forgot about the sun and followed my ears instead. As I walked, the strange sound changed to a strange noise to an absolute cacophony and I began to get a bit freaked out - alone, in the forest, at night, no idea what was making the noise I was walking into - when something liquid splatted on the ground just in front of me and I looked up.
Huge, ginormous nests dotted the trees high, high up above with very large forms moving about inside of them making a whole lot of noise. Mystery solved. Herons. Lots of them. I love life.