Puzzle Description:

Last month there were 7 great blue heron gathered at the lake where I jog. Everyone stopped to watch - we usually only see one or two at most. Even the park naturalist said the greatest number she had seen at one time before was (were?) three. Sorry the puzzle is a bit "jumbled" - I had to add shadows and rocks in the water to make it solvable. If you squint a bit, it will come into focus (I hope).

#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jul 28, 2017 [SPOILER]

It's a very nice puzzle and fun to solve. You are very lucky to have seen these birds. I envy you.

I saw the birds clearly while I was solving it, so don't worry; you got it right. I thought I was looking at flamingoes, or similar looking birds (which the heron are) on a savannah, but the restrictions on color make the distinction between ground and water very unclear. It can't be helped. Overall, I liked your puzzle and your experience.

By the way, you question your grammar in your description. The verb of being in question modifies the singular noun "number". Therefore, "was" is appropriate.

Lovely!

I thought they were dinosaurs, at first. :)

Mr too.

It's a great image. I especially like the one in flight. Thx for answering my challenge Gaynor. I wish someone else would come up with a challenge. :)

They are beautiful. I too like the one in flight.

Taking notes as I go; currently this is incomplete and I'm not sure whether any of it's superfluous.

EL C30 eliminates R12. LL.

C18-19: If either of these have R16 filled in, it causes a contradiction in R13. After filling R13 for both of those, you can see that if the blue in R13C14 is part of the 3, it causes a contradiction in C16. LL.

EL C1 eliminates R21.
R26: The 1 clue must be in either C5 or C8 based on options for R27.

(Those last 2 don't seem to yield any additional LL but I'm going to have to come back to this puzzle later and don't want to forget what I've already done to it.)

Really a great illustration!! I have to admit that I thought they were dinosaurs at first, but with the story the image is very seeable. Great fun to solve. No guessing.

Really nice puzzle! Enjoyed the solve...thanks!

To finishe Wombat's logic, I placed the 3 in C1 in r17-19, r16-18, r15-17 and got quick contradictions. That placed a blue at C1R14. LL.

Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by blurglecruncheon.

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