I realized after the fact and in some surprise that I’d flushed this heron from underneath a nearby pine. And that the bird wanted to get back under there.
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Backyard and Beyond 
In an office park near my home is suburbia there is an old sycamore with a dozen heron nests in it. The birds return every spring to raise their broods. Gotten to be something of a tourist destination (viewed from a distance).