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Hi, my name is Travis and I take pictures of great blue herons.
I made it almost 11 days without posting a heron photo.
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Nisqually NWR
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands Reserve.
Also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter. Like other jacana species, its enormous feet are adapted to the floating vegetation of tropical freshwater wetlands.
Until a few weeks ago I had never heard of these birds, now I love them. Their super long toes enables them to walk on the lily leaves, making it look as if they walk on water.
Limonovsky large comb is one of the most majestic and beautiful rocks on the Yuryuzan' river. It is a huge stone wall with a length of 1 km and a height of 70 m. The views of the river valley from it are simply stunning.
Busy and late entry as usual. Was thinking of something that no one will post but out of idea till after shower, then this came to me as an idea.
Asked my kid to let me comb her hair and took this for my entry to MM.
The new Combs Bridge over the Illinois River, east of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, just off highway 10 at Eagle Bluff.
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands, Lytton, Qld.
Aka Lilly Trotter or Lotusbird - the Jacana has adapted to walking on floating Lilly leaves by virtue of enormously elongated feet which spread the birds (albeit light) weight over a wide surface area. Found in tropical and subtropical freshwater wetlands, including lagoons, billabongs, swamps, lakes, rivers, sewage ponds and dams, providing there is adequate floating vegetation.
The biggest threat to survival occurs at the egg stage. The hatching rate is very low with many eggs being lost (mainly to predators). Breeding success is enhanced by the female laying several small eggs (rather than fewer, larger ones) and by females having several mates incubating clutches of their eggs. Females abandon their partner after laying eggs. The male will incubate the eggs and keep a watchful eye on the chicks. If dad senses a threat, he picks the chicks up under his specially adapted wings and carries them off to safety. So, unusually for a bird, it is the male alone that incubates the eggs although the female does help to defend the territory. Larger females produce somewhat larger eggs, improving success if the eggs survive predation.
Comb Ridge in Southeastern Utah. This ridge is nearly 80 miles long. This view is looking north where it merges with the Abajo Mountains.
A contact mentioned that it had a bit of Trump about it, can't get that image out of my mind now. Thanks Terry :-(
Not a sunset exactly but looking East, in the opposite direction, to the sun to see the cloud formation lit up over the Bristol Channel.