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Kruger National Park.
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The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae,
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.
Seen this beautiful bird on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal
Bratch, Wombourne, seemed quite happy to let me take its photo...
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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.
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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
A Blue Heron challenges the foggy morning looking for a tasty morsel in the calm pond waters!
Taken on the same foggy morning I photographed Sunflowers.
Great Blue Heron Everglades, USA.
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Low flying Heron at Hamwall RSPB Nature Reserve earlier today. The Glossy Ibis were about as well as Kingfisher, Egreats (great and small) but all at a distance. Good company though and between the heavy showers there was plenty of sunshine.
Aussi à l'aise sur le dos d'un rhinocéros que sur celui de la vache du coin, le garde-bœuf a colonisé nos prairies après s'être cantonné, pendant des siècles, en Afrique tropicale.
Il cherche souvent sa nourriture dans les champs. Il aime accompagner le bétail et profite de son déplacement pour capturer des insectes, des sauterelles, des grenouilles et des petits vertébrés…On le voit même parfois perché sur le dos des animaux, tentant de les débarrasser de leurs parasites : c’est du « gagnant-gagnant » !
Il vole en petits groupes, son coup d’aile est rapide et son vol puissant. Remuant et vif, il se livre à de brèves courses, le cou rentré. C’est un oiseau craintif qui ne donne pas beaucoup de voix, si ce n’est pendant la période de nidification avec des croassements et des gargouillements.
L’approche du héron garde-bœuf doit se faire avec patience où à l’affut. L’observation avec les jumelles ou la longue vue évite de le déranger.
Great Blue Heron
This vantage point situated the heron at the head of a lake giving it a clear view of any potential meals.
Yet another Circle B resident.
While we were watching the Grebe families at Santa Margarita Lake a Green Heron flew past. I was very happy to get a few shots of him in interesting light.
Great Blue Heron & Lunch!
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Great blue heron taken at Wildwood lake in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Largest of the North American herons with long legs, a sinuous neck, and thick, dagger-like bill. Head, chest, and wing plumes give a shaggy appearance.
In flight, the Great Blue Heron curls its neck into a tight “S” shape; its wings are broad and rounded and its legs trail well beyond the tail.
Look for Great Blue Herons in saltwater and freshwater habitats, from open coasts, marshes, sloughs, riverbanks, and lakes to backyard goldfish ponds. They also forage in grasslands and agricultural fields. Breeding birds gather in colonies or “heronries” to build stick nests high off the ground.
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
I love how both the reflection and the shadow are very evident in this pic of the gray heron. I have never achieved this sort of shot at home in the US. Perhaps it is due to mid afternoon lighting near the equator??
Fun shot of a heron stalking its prey in the waterhole at The Ark in Aberdare National Park, Kenya.
More photos to come! Here is my African safari album link
A Great Blue Heron Photographed at Jarvis Creek Park
Hilton Head Island , SC, USA
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A life bird for me. It was reported on eBird a day earlier. Luckily it stuck around another day for me to drop by after work and get some distant photos for ID. There were also Great Blue Heron and a pair of Great Egret available in the vicinity for comparison. This one is a lot slender looking, smaller in size and also has white belly that a Great Blue Heron doesn't. Cell 2, Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, Ontario