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Heron across the bank taken from the pub garden "Fish & Eels Nazeing" What a proud elegant bird, I love the way these guys pose for me, just a shame he was not a little closer.
I quite liked the dark green background on this photo, which makes the bird standout well. Taken in Oxfordshire
A portrait of a Grey Heron that was so busy hunting in the long grass that it let me approach on foot to within 10 feet. The light wasn't great and I didn't do as well as I should have done, presented with the close-up opportunity. After a few shots I was able to walk slowly away, leaving the heron to its hunting.
Good morning folks, I wanted to say that there are 30 more images of the Snake & Egret and so many interesting one's at that, but will see how things go and may put one or 2 more up.
Here we have a Little Blue preening which always makes a nice image, especially with the crest up, thank you all very much for the visit, and have a wonderful day.
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Nous sommes allées avec une amie dans la réserve naturelle des Grangettes, une journée dans la nature cela fait tant de bien, ce lieu est magnifique et vaut bien une visite, j'y suis allée déjà deux fois ce printemps.
Merci pour vos visites, appréciations et commentaires bien appréciés et excellent week-end à tous
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We went with a friend in the nature reserve of Grangettes, a day in the nature that is so good, this place is beautiful and well worth a visit, I have been twice this spring.
Thank you for your visits, appreciations and comments well appreciated and excellent weekend at all
Great Blue Heron Everglades, USA.
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Tri Color Heron
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A colourful Heron that is easily distinguishable from the others due to its slender body and darker colour. A very shy bird, it favours densely vegetated habitats like reed beds where it hunts for a range of prey including fish, rodents, frogs and insects, either stalking them or standing waiting in ambush.
Green Heron Juvenile
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Nankeen NIght Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus
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Several years back, Night-herons had roosted in a tree on the access track to a local park. It was always interesting to glance up and see how many were in residence. One time there were 9 several being juveniles.
Then for some reason, they left. Try as we might, as the tree is large, very tall and very dark under the canopy, we were unable to locate them.
As we walked in the other day we found several soft tan coloured feathers on the ground.
Perhaps they were back.
And after a few minutes we had spotted 3 of them.
A welcome return
The Green Heron was tucked in amid the branches and brush along the roadside trail in Merritt Island NWR.
Florida, USA
Wikipedia: The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to coastal Spain, the Azores, and areas of far southern Europe. An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species. The status of white individuals known to occur elsewhere in the Caribbean, and very rarely elsewhere in eastern North America, is unclear.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Grey Heron - Ardea Cinerea
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for a period of about 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when seven or eight weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about five years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially-prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, four hundred herons were served to the guests.
The grey heron has a slow flight, with its long neck retracted (S-shaped). This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
Fish, amphibians, small mammals and insects are taken in shallow water with the heron's long bill. It has also been observed catching and killing juvenile birds such as ducklings, and occasionally takes birds up to the size of a water rail. It may stand motionless in the shallows, or on a rock or sandbank beside the water, waiting for prey to come within striking distance. Alternatively, it moves slowly and stealthily through the water with its body less upright than when at rest and its neck curved in an "S". It is able to straighten its neck and strike with its bill very fast.
Small fish are swallowed head first, and larger prey and eels are carried to the shore where they are subdued by being beaten on the ground or stabbed by the bill. They are then swallowed, or have hunks of flesh torn off. For prey such as small mammals and birds or ducklings, the prey is held by the neck and either drowned, suffocated, or killed by having its neck snapped with the heron's beak, before being swallowed whole. The bird regurgitates pellets of indigestible material such as fur, bones and the chitinous remains of insects. The main periods of hunting are around dawn and dusk, but it is also active at other times of day. At night it roosts in trees or on cliffs, where it tends to be gregarious.
Population:
UK breeding:
13,000 nests
UK wintering:
63,000 birds