Great Blue Herons - Proud Parents & Babies-In the Wild

Great Blue Herons - Proud Parents & Babies-In the Wild

Great Blue Herons, Proud Parents and youngsters.

Taken from quite a distance, plus the nests are quite high up the cliff face.

Very interesting to watch, and the herons seem to be much nicer birds than I ever realized.

Created by: Alandrapal.

Tools Used: 20d 100-400 lens

Created on: 13 June 2006

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Image Number: 25674

Comments:

Alandrapal from Canada on Feb 20, 2008 at 3:05 AM said:

Hi Carol and Anne, thankyou for the nice comments. Had forgotten about this one : ) The herons will soon be back there, building their nests again, - it'll be fun to go there to watch them.

Shutterbug from USA on Feb 19, 2008 at 5:11 AM said:

Beautiful bird photo!

Carol

Alovely from Maine, U.S.A. on Feb 18, 2008 at 9:52 PM said:

Alandra this is such a wonderful photograph. Wonderful composition

and getting the whole family in one shot is outstanding.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jun 17, 2006 at 11:30 PM said:

thanks for feedback, Fella, yeah, know what you mean. I bet you have some fabulous Eagle shots in all those you took. That's amazing. Looking forward to viewing them! Am sure I'd be the same if I had the chance, lol.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jun 17, 2006 at 11:30 PM said:

Karen, wanted to add, the parent herons do appear to have very similar plumage, but believe the male has a bit "rustier" patch on the front of the wing/shoulder here, and probably more "rust" colour on upper leg feathers, which doesn't show up in this shot. But they are very much alike.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jun 17, 2006 at 11:28 PM said:

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jun 17, 2006 at 11:26 PM said:

thanks Karen, yes, you're right, it's like looking thru field glasses/binoculars in many ways. have enjoyed watching these lovely birds so much.

km from TX on Jun 17, 2006 at 11:33 AM said:

Great family shot. I see the male and female have identical plumage. Very interesting seeing them raise their young through your camera lens. Thanks for sharing.

fella from wa state on Jun 17, 2006 at 12:02 AM said:

hi alandra yesssssssss i know the feeling ..last couple of weeks i took little over 2500 eagle pics on the beach ..once a year happing on the beach soo ..but soo many to go thru ..some good some blurry ..ya know the feelin see somethin gone to happen and let the 20 d do its stuff and try to keep everything in frame ..but ya got some great great herron shots never before seen ..atleast for me anyway in a nest ..very kool shooting ..put up some more eagles soon ..fella

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jun 16, 2006 at 9:23 PM said:

thanks for the nice comments, Fella, that's really nice of you and appreciated : ) Said enroute to the nest area that eve, that I would only take a few shots that time, ended up filling a 2GB card LOL. Addictive. Hard to choose which to send, plus it takes ages to sort thru them all!

fella from wa state on Jun 16, 2006 at 9:12 PM said:

AWESOME AWESOME SERIES ..Alandra the best ive seen ..love it well done ..fella

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