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Tri-colored Heron (adult) - Saint Augustine, Florida
Summer 2025 - In the Nest - Northern Florida U.S.A.
In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - morning - 7/4/25
-------Independence Day 2025 ----------U.S.A.!
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - tri-colored heron adult]
The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the bill. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second! Their chicks have a reddish coat but turn blue with age. The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because
it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, and especially in Florida. - A Very Elegant Bird - Fun to Observe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_Heron
Came across this while walking the other week, not a great photo as I just took a quick snap because I didn't want to disturb anything, but thought I would share anyway.
This eagle flew into the nest with a fish. A few seconds later, the other eagle in the nest flew off to hunt, and this one stayed. I believe the sparrow is building or has a nest in the eagle nest.
Carr Mill Dam again. Wow, I'm really digging into the back catalogue at the moment, all the result of a house move that has put most of my picture taking on temporary hold at the moment.
Landscape capture of a nesting pair of Mute Swans. Photo taken in Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK in April 2015.
Moorhens are sometimes known as the "skitty coots"
The name moorhen is misleading and is, in fact, a corruption of mirehen or marshhen, which gives a much truer picture of its natural habitat. Since, however, it is essentially a wild bird of an independent nature, it usually keeps its distance from human intruders and, except in severe weather, does not join the rush for social security handouts of crumbs so eagerly accepted by the tamer members of the duck population.
This sycamore was one of the largest and widest trees in the park at the edge of a remote section of the wetland. Perfect spot to build a massive nest and survey the area.
Two of three Australian Paper Wasps (Polistes humilis) have recently reoccupied an old nest. A third wasp prefers to hide behind the nest.
Image 19/100 100x: 2026
Taken with a Russian FED10 50mm f3.5 collapsible lens, extended, @ f9.
As I walked along the Werribee River I spotted this Sulphur Crested Cockatoo sitting in the nesting hole. This shot was taken from afar, so as not to disturb, and has been cropped hard.
A brief visit to the Farne Island allowed me to add a few more bird images to my gallery. This Puffin was flying straight towards me with a beak full of nesting material.
A turtle takes a break after carefully digging a nest for her eggs on a sandy beach by Lake Erie in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.
In the summer of 2001, as a present to myself, I purchased a Canon FD 200 mm bayonet mount lens. This roll of film was my first test roll shot with it. I still have the lens and regard it as one the best in my collection.
Check out an album containing more of my photos shot in 2001.
Canon FTb
Canon FD 200 mm f/2.8 S.S.C. bayonet mount telephoto lens
Kodak Royal Gold 100 ISO film.
Scanned using a Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED with the FH-835S 35mm strip film tray.
I found the dry lavandula
I felt the sensation of nesting
I picked up the leaves and the hedera
I reaped the rose fruit
I made the liquidambar leaves branch
I composed the nest
I photographed
And in the end it flew away...
Technique: Nesting Miner Bee Deconstruction.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 with highlight tone priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering with -1 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.