Creek sentinel. Leave it — a poor meal and a working fisher you want around.

Four-foot gray wader with a dagger bill. Flies with neck coiled. Stands the riffles of Laughery Creek.

Habitat

Creeks, river, farm ponds.

Season

Most of the year.

Size

4 ft tall

Field marks

S-neck in flight; spear bill

That bill can take an eye if you handle an injured bird.