As the waves rhythmically struck the rocky shoreline, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) slowly moved forward, all of his attention focused on one small spot. It was lunchtime on Wednesday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge and this heron was hungry. I watched and waited and finally the heron struck the water with a mighty thrust. When he pulled his bill out of the water, it was empty.
The heron paused for a moment and seemed pensive, wondering perhaps if he was looking for lunch in all the wrong places.
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Mike Powell 
Beautiful, perfect image. M
Thanks. I’ll acknowledge the image is beautiful, while I’ll leave perfection as an elusive goal. 🙂
Groan… Are you sure it wasn’t lurking for lunch in all the wrong places? Someone should write a song about that!
🙂
As in “I’ve Got Friends in Low Places?” Food for thought, for sure…
🙂
Great capture.
Thanks, Dan.
Ouch
Sorry, I can’t resist lame jokes. 🙂