great blue heron

Great Blue Heron at Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge

The mighty Blue taking a break and pondering what its next move might be.

Falling asleep at the keyboard here. Better just post and get back to browsing in the morning (discreetly while listening to lectures at a seminar ;) ) Three quick ones of the ... woops! that was it for my edited little blue shots, so here's a great blue to round off the series and now I'm off...

I like the shot, but I missed the moon. If only it flew a bit higher.

A Blue Heron in Flight. Photo slightly adjusted for brightness, contrast, and sharpness using GIMP editor.

D & R Canal Park. Kingston, NJ. Taken using Fuiji S8200.

Why have I never noticed the four white patches on the leading edges of the GBH before? Maybe because I never got a shot of it coming straight at me; or maybe these patches are rusty colored during breeding (also two more subtle white patches where the leading edge of the wing meets the bird's...

My favorite subject, at least until the Bald Eagles return...

He just landed there and without shame he showed me all his bits.

Heron objecting to my intrusion

There's an awkward moment in everyones life now and again.

Shaking it all out after preening.

Well Peeps...We are on the move this morning. we are off to Lakenheath with our mate Mel, who has been here since tuesday. Hope you're all having a great weekend, see y'all later.

Closeup

My favorite bird photo. Neither gorgeous nor elegant, an aging and definitely eccentric GBH cast as Friar Tuck in an avian production of Robin Hood.

Great Blue Heron bringing in nest building material.

But that's okay ;)

Great Blue Heron delivering nest material (clicked wrong one yesterday)

Another subject eager to pose at Eagle Lakes Park, Naples, Fl.

From my walk around the Ellis Creek water reclamation ponds, Petaluma CA.

This was one of those days that all the birds wanted to pose. Thr heron has gotten itself a nice high perch to look down at the pond.

Great Blue Heron