Heron Lifting-Off (20170530-132220-PJG)
I spent a couple of hours down at the Petitcodiac River, yesterday, hoping to catch an eagle fishing. The probability of that happening was fairly high as the my friends tell me that the gaspereau are running. The best time to catch this sort of event is within a couple of hours of the tidal bore arriving, as the river is at its lowest during this time.
When I arrived, there was one black-backed sea gull there, and I watched it scoop up a couple of large fish. It was so full it couldn't fly. Unfortunately, I didn't capture any of this activity, as I was waiting for other bird life. Eventually, a great blue heron arrived and stayed on a patch of twigs on the soft muddy shore. It didn't take long for the heron to have enough of waiting with no food, before it decided to lift-off into flight, as captured in this photo.
This image is not cropped, with only slight exposure correction.
Taken along the Petitcodiac River, in Moncton, NB, Canada on 30 May 2017.
Heron Lifting-Off (20170530-132220-PJG)
I spent a couple of hours down at the Petitcodiac River, yesterday, hoping to catch an eagle fishing. The probability of that happening was fairly high as the my friends tell me that the gaspereau are running. The best time to catch this sort of event is within a couple of hours of the tidal bore arriving, as the river is at its lowest during this time.
When I arrived, there was one black-backed sea gull there, and I watched it scoop up a couple of large fish. It was so full it couldn't fly. Unfortunately, I didn't capture any of this activity, as I was waiting for other bird life. Eventually, a great blue heron arrived and stayed on a patch of twigs on the soft muddy shore. It didn't take long for the heron to have enough of waiting with no food, before it decided to lift-off into flight, as captured in this photo.
This image is not cropped, with only slight exposure correction.
Taken along the Petitcodiac River, in Moncton, NB, Canada on 30 May 2017.