I run thru this area a lot, and in the past I've even stopped a couple times to observe them. They always seemed so ... graceful to me. Certainly the prettiest creature I've ever seen in a swamp. Usually I'm watching the ground for the nutra rats and alligators (man, am I bama or what) but this time terror came from the skies.

Anyway, I'm not writing them off completely. Maybe this one was hopped up on cajun daquiris.