green heron

Ths green heron has shown up at the pond at work.

Spotted this little fellow while taking pictures of a hawk.

I am used to sighting great blue herons because they are so large. This bird is far smaller but just ast beautifully marked.

Same heron, different POV

A Green Heron taking-off. I used ISO setting of 200 and shutter speed 1/500 with f6.3 @500mm

Green Heron posing

Green Heron inspecting streamside after flood.

Have never seen a bird this big on this very small pond at one of the local patches. Usually the pond is good for a migrating duck or two and is always good for flycatchers. When I saw this bird all I could think of were the Pond Herons that Manjeet has posted from his local patch, I had no idea...

Spring is in the air. Unusual pose and great colors.

green heron looking for a snack in wetlands

In a far remote corner of the cosmos is a small rock planet made of elements that have been created in the death of stars. These elements have cycled and recycled over billions of years. Some have even become incorporated into living things. Plants take in the elements of waste from animal...

Green Heron

This is one instance where manipulating the white balance can be used to create and affect. Late afternoon and the white balance should be around 4800-5000K: however, by setting for 5800K the camera is forced to render everything slightly on the amber side; like placing an amber filter on the lense.

Green Heron & Frog; detail

Late afternoon and the light is low from the west. A heron stands motionless. Every ripple is scrutinized, every movement analyzed, any motion at all is potentially a meal. This kind of patients is at last rewarded. In an instant the lance-like bill is uneringly thrust into the water. On...

They always remind me of trolls. They are almost always hidden; wait motionless for the ambush; usually remain in dark, secluded places. One can literaly walk passed, or, as in my case, into them and not be aware unitl they move.

These are such handsome birds with wonderful coloration of plumage. They are skulkers. This one, just by luck, flew from a reed bank and took up photo position.

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I thought it a coincidence that the Green heron was surrounded by yellow and blue.

A green heron on a boom