ardea herodias – Feathered Photography

Great Blue Heron In Falling Snow

Eventually the falling snow was so thick it was a near-whiteout. (7 photos)

Great Blue Heron Swallowing A Huge Goldfish In Falling Micro-snow

The fish was a chunk, especially for a goldfish. (10 photos)

Great Blue Heron – Old Stoneface

Too much “cooperative” can be the same as uncooperative. (3 photos)

Great Blue Heron Flying Low Toward A Creek – A Long Series

A marathon of Great Blue Heron flight shots. 19 of them.

Exciting Times At Farmington’s Great Blue Heron Rookery

Yesterday morning as I approached the Eccles Wildlife Education Center at Farmington Bay I noticed some kind of hubbub going on in their parking lot. (7 photos)

Great Blue Heron Taking Off From Ice

Like all bird photographers, as I approach my subject I’m often too close to the bird by the time I can see it clearly through vegetation or by the time I have good light on it. That’s when my two-lens shooting strategy pays off in spades.

Great Blue Heron Icy Plume Season

The ‘season’ begins.

Great Blue Heron In Flight Over The Marsh

For me this photo is largely about “legs”.

Great Blue Heron Avoiding An Obstacle During And After Takeoff

Yes, I know. I’m posting the same species in back-to-back posts again. But this is a different heron, at a different place at the refuge and both the circumstances and the setting are very different from my previous post.

My Most Successful Great Blue Heron Flight Series

“Most successful” because I got more sharp shots than I’ve ever managed to get in a single flight series in the past and because several of them are among my favorite photos of the species, in flight or not.

Great Blue Heron Brushing The Phrag Tops In Flight

I’m sure this photo from yesterday morning will quickly become one of my favorite shots of a Great Blue Heron in flight. I actually managed to get a long series of them, some of which I like as well or even better than this one.