green heron

Another shot of the Green Heron. For info on this bird, please go to Green Heron 1 posted yesterday, thanks.

Carrying on with the shots of this beautiful bird, like I've said, for info, go to yesterdays post, Green Heron 1 please.

Carrying on from the three pics of this bird I posted yesterday. For info on this bird, go to Green Heron 1 please.

For info on this bird, go to pic Green Heron 1 please.

For info, look at pic Green Heron 1 please.

Well folks, it was a great gig yesterday in search of the Green Heron. We walked along a beautiful stretch of the Military Canal for about 600 yards. When we first got there, the bird was showing really well, out in the open. It moved around, about 10 yards at a time, then after about 20 mins...

A first for me. Not huge, about 18" L, but quite sturdy. Very happy to get him.

Still seeing lots of Greenies here. Going out tomorrow to look for warblers, with cold front moving in with NW winds tonite maybe get some new migrants in to the area.

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immature bird -- 500mm~ISO 100~1/125sec~F22~EV +1~fill-flash~tripod

A green heron fishes near the Mississippi.

Went back looking for Black Crowned Night-heron but did not find, but did find another cooperative Greeny..

There were two of these Green Herons sitting on fallen tree in old canal when I first got there but one flew. the other stayed for quite a long time and let me shoot away.

A green heron fishes near the Mississippi River.

One more Green Heron shot from the group I saw the other day on the Mohawk River.

Watched at least 6 Green Herons today fishing in this river estuary. They must be on the move as haven't seen that many around this year.

A green heron paused for a moment, taken on the Mississippi River.

This heron flew into the cottonwood tree, noticed me standing below and then went into his "bill-up" camo-mode.

With still water and a flat shoreline, this Green Heron almost looks like he is walking on his own feet. I'm also going to post the upside down version of this photo - it's pretty hard to tell which way is up.

And it stands, motionless, infinite patients: waiting. It has been doing this for eons, an act of adaptation that began when it was not even recongnizeable as a bird. Peering down into the water, millions of years of cell memory tell it what to do, and when. A small movement in the water and it...

This bird is my favorite green heron. He often hangs around a particular bush that overlooks a salt marsh at the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. Over the last two years he is the only green heron that I have come across that I can easily approach close enough to take full frame photos.