{"id":3663,"date":"2026-09-22T12:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T12:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nj-4-h-camp\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T12:41:12","slug":"camp-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nj-4-h-camp\/camp-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What occurs in our empty 4-H Camp, once the campers are gone?<\/h1>\n

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Well, for one, we allow our resident Great Blue Heron…<\/h1>\n

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To run a Camp all of its own.<\/h1>\n

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It’s not too different from our Camp!<\/h1>\n

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The Heron schedules plenty of time at the waterfront.<\/h1>\n

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Then,<\/h1>\n

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After that,<\/h1>\n

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Takes its own path back…<\/h1>\n

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(Just like us)<\/h1>\n

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To the home side of the Lake Shawanni shore.\"\"<\/h1>\n

And what,<\/h1>\n

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Is it getting up…<\/h1>\n

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Over there?<\/h1>\n

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Well,<\/h1>\n

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I imagine the same thing…<\/h1>\n

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We get up to…<\/h1>\n

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On that same section of shore:<\/h1>\n

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Fishing.<\/h1>\n

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(Seems like a safe bet.)<\/h1>\n

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And then!<\/h1>\n

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We move on again,<\/h1>\n

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Cause while at Camp…<\/h1>\n

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You can never stay in one place for too long.<\/h1>\n

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And of course,<\/h1>\n

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What day at 4-H Camp would be complete…<\/h1>\n

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Without a little bit of quality time…<\/h1>\n

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Spent sitting at the Lakeside Fire Ring…<\/h1>\n

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Staring out at the view across Lake Shawanni.<\/h1>\n

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Then it’s off again!<\/h1>\n

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Cause at 4-H Camp,<\/h1>\n

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Whether we’re full of campers or no,<\/h1>\n

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You never quite know…<\/h1>\n

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Just what you’ll…<\/h1>\n

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Find next.<\/h1>\n

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Silently, hopefully<\/em><\/h1>\n

following the Heron<\/em><\/h1>\n

I too fly<\/em><\/h1>\n

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