Heron with open beak and on one leg

He had just come up from the spillway on the other side of the dam where he might have had a meal. He balanced himself and proceeded to open his beak repeatedly - gulping - I assume as part of his digestive process. But I really don't know. Anyway, he continues to put on quite a show. This is Monochrome Monday on a Tuesday - yesterday was so slow around here that the day drifted along and kinda disappeared into oblivion without my hardly taking note of it (actually I was finishing up a pretty remarkable book - Caputo's A Rumor of War). For more black and whites from here and there and around and about, go here to Aileni's Monochrome Maniacs (oops - it's five hours later and Aileni's blog is not coming up; that's not good).