grey heron

Some of you were observant enough to see that the Rook wasn't too pleased to have the heron patrolling 'his' field. It was almost as if he had youngsters in there, but I couldn't see any. Eventually the heron took flight and the Rook escorted him right off into the distance! Still in Landscape...

The CC's gave up calling and I continued wandering and looking and listening somehow finding myself in the pottery and couldn't resist buying a little bowl. Then met up with Clive and Glen and had a nosey in the community store. They wanted to explore a bit more in the area, while I continued...

We left Loch Spelve and continued our journey along the long southern road passing through Glen More (big valley)... an obvious place to spot eagles. There was a guy parked up staring at the sky with his bins, so jammed on the brakes and piled out to have a look - turned out to be a Buzzard...

When I shot this photo in Feb, the lake hardly had about 20% water left in it & dried up completely by Apr. Fortunately we have had a few good showers; it has been cloudy, dull & overcast all Jun. Hopefully, we will have good monsoon rains this season & the lakes will fill up.

DIstant shot of Little Egret, Grey Heron, and I think a female Mallard down in the grast on the left side of the shot.

Grey Heron

Grey Heron Closeup

Grey Heron

The grey heron is fairly common in Thailand, and just as beautiful here as at home in Sweden.

Saw this heron stalk its prey. For such huge birds, they are very stealthy.

..... showing off now!! Got two in flight in the same shot LOL!! Actually it's not that common to see two Herons at Kinnordy and if there are more they're usually well separated. This was quite a distant shot, so well cropped. Made a mess of the setting again too, so had to lighten in post...

This heron spent a few minutes in front of the bog bean island and I rather liked the wing action I captured. However, I'm not so pleased with the settings I used, in that I blew the whites on his face. Exposure Bias was set at 0 (think it should have been a minus.. yes?) Post processing has...

Grey Heron

Today's theme is distance and disappointment. Yes, I like to take a birding break on Vest-Amager any time I have a layover between flights through Copenhagen, but it's also frustrating. I don't digiscope. I don't even own a scope. The ponds along the shore where there are masses of birds are...

Heron the right way up - Apologies if I don't comment on your images tonight but my wife and I are dining with Mali and Hazel who are currently on my patch for a visit so I have to look my best to compete with him.

I've seen Jurassic Park and have no doubt this is a Velociraptor, although it might be a Grey Heron, which clearly is the same thing. Ah the canals - don't ya just love 'em. Part 4 of the "Feeding" series.

See title! Just standing there having a soak prior to a wash and brush up,