Thursday, May 31, 2018

Kolchak: The Night Heron



Once again, I am in the position that I have a lot that I want to write for the blog, but I just don’t have the willpower to get it done.  But I have made a commitment to myself to publish at least one post per month, and May is almost over with no posts, so I need to put up something.  

Here is a Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) that I photographed over the weekend.  

The name reminds me of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, an obscure Seventies television series which I have been watching in recent weeks on the MeTV networkKolchak is best known today as a major influence on the development of The X-Files.  That connection gives Kolchak a lot of credibility in the science-fiction/fantasy/horror community, but it doesn’t mean that the show is necessarily very good.  Take for example the titular Kolchak.  The fact that he is a “night stalker” makes it sound as if he should be mysterious and ominous, but he’s actually an inept middle-aged reporter who wears a porkpie hat.  (I think that it’s a porkpie hat.  I’m not good with hats.)

Ultimately, then, we have accomplished nothing with this post.  But at least the monthly requirement is fulfilled.