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A Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding in the shallows of a wetland along the roadside east of Beaverhill Lake near Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
9 May, 2022.
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Foraging in the shallows at Myakka River State Park, Florida.
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A female Mallard duck happily cooling off from the heat of summer in the shallows of Mawaihakona Stream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
This is the Courtenay River which empties into the Pacific Ocean about three kilometers down river from here in the city of Courtenay on Vancouver Island. Lower left is where a shallow stream empties into the river.
Normally seen in the shallows, this bird must have a taste for snakes and rodents. New Jersey, 2015.
Welcome to the bird show, beautiful!!! This Great White Egret was wading in the shallows of the pond when I went out today. We surprised each other, he flew to a branch in oak three. I went to get the camera and he was back in the shallows when I returned. I kept my distance and only took a couple of shots, this is the best one I could get through all of the plants etc. I did get one full body ID shot but it's pretty bad so I won't post it. He did not like the camera but he did stay a few minutes before taking flight and dripping pond water on my head as he departed the yard. I am happy it was just pond water I'll take that over the alternative any day. I sure hope he comes again. I'll be happy to stock the pond just for him :)
Update for self... He returned on November 19th in the early morning. He left fairly quickly when he saw me.
This trout was fooled by a mayfly imitation fly in Southwest Wisconsin! It was released to be fooled again sometime!
brown trout
fooled by a feathered fake
it lives
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
This one and several others were working the shallows at Altona Beach.
A Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) searches the shallows for small tasty invertebrates along the shores of Miquelon Lake southeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
8 August, 2013.
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High noon finds spring meltwater seeping into the sunlit shallows of a rocky Lake Superior shoreline
...salt glitter, boat-brightness rocking
in grey-green shallows...gulls
reading in deeper sea-gleam
the text of wind and tide.
- Gwen Harwood
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Titusville, Florida, USA, a Willet lands in the shallows at Merrit Island NWR. This bird has a mundane appearance when still or foraging, but it appears to be a markedly different bird when it spreads its wings,
The Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) is a large shorebird in the Sandpiper family. There are two subspecies of Willet, the Eastern and Western. The Western Willet breeds in the interior of the western US and Canada, while the Eastern breeds in salt marshes along the North Atlantic coast.
Fising the shallows off Tahaa. From a 1976 Eastman 5247 original, processed with Lightroom, Photoshop, texture layers and Topaz filters.
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You have never stood this close, to where you want to be
You have always waded in the shallows
Between me and the deep blue sea
You'd never want me to appear
You'd never want it to be over
You never wanted to reach out to the edge of time
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you've done
You cannot undo
I have always kept you closer than you've known
I, I am riding in the shadows behind you
On a pale white horse
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Birds of a feather, and all that. Just a bunch of Red Leg Stilts wandering in the shallows at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Alviso, California.
This was a rather noisy momma killdeer calling away as she strolled the shallows of the pond. But killdeer are a noisy lot in general, so I'm not surprised at her vocalization
A Common Snipe stands quietly in the shallows of a small lake along the Dollard, in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Though a scarce (red list: Threatened) breeding bird in the Netherlands, it is a familiar winter visitor, perfectly at home in these calm, marshy edges.
Tucked away in Western Australia’s Yalgorup National Park, within the quiet shallows of Lake Clifton, lies something truly extraordinary — almost more science fiction than fact. These knobbly, unassuming formations are **thrombolites**: living, rock-like structures built by ancient microbial communities.
What makes them so special? Thrombolites are incredibly rare! They’re among the few surviving examples on Earth of life forms similar to those that began oxygenating our planet billions of years ago. According to wiki, unlike the more well-known stromatolites, which grow in tidy layers, thrombolites have a "clotted, chaotic internal structure" — a bit like my brain on most days! They’re messy, ancient, and utterly fascinating.
As we stood on the boardwalk, watching the sun filter through the nutrient-rich waters, which is just the way these microorganisms like it, we felt small. I was staring at the descendants of the planet’s earliest architects of breathable air, still quietly persisting in a world that has changed beyond recognition.
They’ve survived for millennia, but they’re fragile — vulnerable to rising salinity, pollution, and, sadly, careless human behaviour. Just last year, they suffered significant damage after many visitors, in pursuit of the aurora australis, wandered into restricted areas. The result? Extensive harm to the thrombolites and their delicate microbial mats. Makes you almost ashamed to be a photographer! I’ll be polite and refrain from calling them what I really think of them ..... *deep breaths*
I consider ourselves lucky, truly lucky, to see them still hanging on, whispering stories from the origins of life - rare, ancient & alive. I hope more people come to understand their importance, and that these incredible rare living fossils not only survive but thrive.
Sorry for the rant. Have a great end to the week! Thanks kindly for any likes/comments, they are always appreciated.
Waterscape 38/100 in 2025
These Swans were upending feeding in the shallows by the banks of the River Severn. On this stretch of the river its now classed as a Swan sanctuary, so the population has increased over the years. At present there must be in excess of over 100 at this site between the Worcester bridge and our Cathedral.
Dark Series
Taken somewhere through Toronto. Darkness surrounds us at various times in life.
Never quite know what is in the shadows.
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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
A black-winged stilt (himantopus himantopus) striding through the shallow margins of a waterhole in Yala, Sri Lanka.