Heron at dusk

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Heron at dusk

November 25, 2014 by Mike Powell

As the sun went down and a sliver of the moon appeared at Huntley Meadows Park, a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) made a last attempt to catch a fish in the dwindling light.

Waxing crescent moon (thanks to Walter Sanford for the identification)

Posted in Autumn, Birds, Landscape, Nature, Photography, wildlife | Tagged Alexandria VA, Ardea herodias, Canon 50D, Canon 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, dusk, Great Blue Heron, Huntley Meadows Park, sunset, waxing crescent moon | 13 Comments

13 Responses

on November 25, 2014 at 6:42 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

I like that heron silhouette. I’m surprised he could see anything to catch though.
- on November 25, 2014 at 6:59 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I am not sure he had any success, though I did see him catch a fish a bit earlier in the afternoon.
on November 25, 2014 at 8:29 am | Reply Mjollnir

Well done with the crescent moon shot Mike. Impressive.
on November 25, 2014 at 6:34 pm | Reply donna213

Nice you have the herons at your marsh. Wish they still stuck around here. You waited a while too, more patience than I have. 😀
- on November 26, 2014 at 6:17 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Donna. This heron seems to be hanging around a lot. Several others have taken photos of him recently at the marsh. I did get some photos of him catching a fish that I’ll post soon.
on November 25, 2014 at 7:53 pm | Reply Birder's Journey

Such a beautiful time of day!
- on November 26, 2014 at 6:16 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. The colors as the sun went down were not spectacular, but were amazingly beautiful nonetheless.
on November 26, 2014 at 8:16 am | Reply Ed

Excellent shots, just wait till the next full moon and you get that feeling of being a lunatic, and with 600mm max, its crater time..:-)
on November 26, 2014 at 7:19 pm | Reply Lyle Krahn

I like the attitude of the heron regardless of success.
on November 27, 2014 at 1:53 am | Reply Charlie@Seattle Trekker

Very interesting end of day photos…Love seeing your spin on this.
- on November 28, 2014 at 6:07 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Charlie. Things are always especially beautiful, it seems, at the early morning and at dusk.
on November 29, 2014 at 3:08 am | Reply Marie Keates

Lovely dusk photos
- on November 29, 2014 at 5:42 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Marie.