the other odd occurrence

i was in my car, headed for the gym, when i noticed out of the corner of my eye something big flying above a neighbor's house. i turned my head to get a better idea of what it was, and it's some big river bird, like a heron, or an egret, or a crane or something. it had a long beak, long legs, and was either white or gray. it flew from someone's backyard it seemed, and landed on a telephone pole. i would have taken a picture of it but didn't have my camera nor my cell phone with me. i thought at first it was a pelican, but its legs were too long for it to be a pelican. and it didn't have quite the pelican pouch. it was just some long, stringy bird that i imagine hangs out near rivers. i wonder if people will believe me when i tell them what i saw. even i have trouble believing it. (unless this is not as odd an occurrence as i think it to be.)

i wonder what it was doing in my neck of the woods. in the city. in the valley. maybe it found someone's pool. or pond. or hot tub. heh. and just the other day my friend warned me against keeping the hot tub lid open lest i attract some water fowl. (he meant ducks. but he'll totally flip out when i tell him what i saw. flip out or be impressed.) what's even stranger (or coincidental) is this same friend went to sit by a river today. hmmmm, i wonder if these two things are related, like maybe they magically traded forms for the weekend. gotta tell him about this when he gets back.