Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, wildlife, tagged Canon 55-250mm zoom lens, Canon Rebel XT, green heron, heron, nature photography, stream, wading on August 23, 2012| 1 Comment »
This past weekend I managed to get this shot of a green heron wading in a shallow stream. At that moment I don’t think he was yet aware of my presence. I had an unobstructed view and the light was cooperative enough to make a nice reflection in the water. If you click on the image you can see some additional details of the green heron.
Wading green heron
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Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, wildlife, tagged Ardea herodias, blue heron, Canon 55-250mm zoom lens, Canon Rebel XT, Great Blue Heron, heron, nature photography, wading, wading birds on August 12, 2012| 5 Comments »
Here is another shot of a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) that I photographed 11 August 2012 in Alexandria, Virginia.
At first I couldn’t figure out why he had his mouth open in so many of my pictures. As I went over the photos, however, it looks like he may have had a stick or bone stuck in his mouth. Is that possible? Earlier in the day I watched as he speared and ate a fish and it’s possible he picked up some debris when he caught the fish (my photos of him spearing the fish turned out really dark but I’ll see if I can salvage any to post).
Eventually he did close his mouth.
Click on the image for greater details.
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