Shhh!!! Sleeping Heron

[EdV]

This morning at Sandy Hook, NJ.

C&C appreciated.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s1/EdV_02/014_1_1-5.jpg

[HWP]

That's REALLY cool Ed. Great composition. Nice shot!
Sleeping on one leg... I wish I had balance like that!

henry

[Sindri Skulason]

Nice shot of the Heron. Well done. :-)

[Reyno]

Cool shot Ed.

[EdV]

That's REALLY cool Ed. Great composition. Nice shot!
Sleeping on one leg... I wish I had balance like that!

henry

Nice shot of the Heron. Well done. :-)

Cool shot Ed.

Henry, Sindri, Reyno,

Thanks for the feedback and comments. I thought it was appropriate that my first bird shots of the morning be of a sleeping heron. ;) Glad you all liked the image.

[canonloader]

HAHA, great catch Ed. :)

[sugarzebra]

Well done Ed....I've never seen a GBH like this before. Nice new avatar as well, I presume its from your California trip?

[ajosteve]

Nice capture of this dreaming bird...Wonder why they stand on 1 leg like this.. I've seen owls standing on 1 leg while they snooze too. Seems like it would be hard to ballance....steve

[EdV]

HAHA, great catch Ed. :)

Thanks Mitch. I guess his alarm didn't go off.

Well done Ed....I've never seen a GBH like this before. Nice new avatar as well, I presume its from your California trip?

Thanks Scott. Actually the Avatar is from the Pelagic Birding Boat Trip in the Gulf of Maine that we took last week. They have all these whales identified by their tail markings. This is a humpback whale by the name of New Moon who was first seen in the Gulf of Maine back in 1984, I believe the naturalist said. It is amazing. They have a catalog of all these tail shots and then are able to match them up. I was lucky to catch this one as New Moon was doing head stands and tail slaps on the water,

Nice capture of this dreaming bird...Wonder why they stand on 1 leg like this.. I've seen owls standing on 1 leg while they snooze too. Seems like it would be hard to ballance....steve

Thanks Steve. Not sure why they stand on one leg but a lot of (all) birds seem to do it. I have photos of tiny little songbirds standing on one leg, Gulls on one leg, ducks on one leg and now GBH on one leg.

[Peepaw]

Very nice shot Ed, wonder what he's dreaming about.

[ajosteve]

Very nice shot Ed, wonder what he's dreaming about.

Very large fish...steve

[village idiot]

Nice shot!

[EdV]

Very nice shot Ed, wonder what he's dreaming about.

Thanks Scott. Glad you like the image and I appreciate the feedback.

Very large fish...steve

I don't think he was going to find a large fish in the tidal pond thsi was shot at. :lol:

Nice shot!

Thanks VI.

[dancad]

Funny how their eyes close at a diagonal angle! You could crop some of the bottom out, leaving a square composition. I think there is too much empty space below as is.

[EdV]

Thanks for the tip Dan.

[sugarzebra]

Thanks Scott. Actually the Avatar is from the Pelagic Birding Boat Trip in the Gulf of Maine that we took last week. They have all these whales identified by their tail markings. This is a humpback whale by the name of New Moon who was first seen in the Gulf of Maine back in 1984, I believe the naturalist said. It is amazing. They have a catalog of all these tail shots and then are able to match them up. I was lucky to catch this one as New Moon was doing head stands and tail slaps on the water,



Thanks for the info on the whales Ed, they are an amazing animal and I didn't realize they lived to such long ages. What a wonderful opportunity to get so close.