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

alandrapal - Feb 20, 2008 03:05 AM EDT
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 - Feb 19, 2008 05:11 AM EDT
Beautiful bird photo! Carol

A.Lovely - Feb 18, 2008 09:52 PM EDT
Alandra this is such a wonderful photograph. Wonderful composition and getting the whole family in one shot is outstanding.

Guest - Jun 17, 2006 11:30 PM EDT
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.

Guest - Jun 17, 2006 11:30 PM EDT
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.

Guest - Jun 17, 2006 11:28 PM EDT
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.

Guest - Jun 17, 2006 11:26 PM EDT
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.

Guest - Jun 17, 2006 11:33 AM EDT
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.

Guest - Jun 17, 2006 12:02 AM EDT
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

Guest - Jun 16, 2006 09:23 PM EDT
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!

Guest - Jun 16, 2006 09:12 PM EDT
AWESOME AWESOME SERIES ..Alandra the best ive seen ..love it well done ..fella