Post Your Herons, Egrets and Bitterns

Love when you find little surprises. Shooting from pretty far off, never saw the turtles till I uploaded the images onto the computer!

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mkkaczy wrote in post #18027175
538 here are 2 egrets

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Beautiful light, lovely shot!

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robamy wrote in post #18033366

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Fgpu​9w Skimming the surface by A & R Photography, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/G6CP​nE Great Egret with breeding plumage by A & R Photography, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/FacL​dp Tri-Colored Heron by A & R Photography, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/G7Lv​Dh Green Heron nest building by A & R Photography, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/Gatd​YJEgret with a catch by A & R Photography, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/GtPm​mBBuilding material coming in by A & R Photography, on Flickr

Wow these are all wonderful top shots, but I just love the simplicity of #1.

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shift change at the nest.

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JPB the elder wrote in post #18036850
Nice . A blue heron wiped out my small pond goldfish in one sitting .

They need a "flight path" to land so the best resource is to plant tall vegetation that stops that but that's not always viable. They get round flight path impedance by landing close and "walking in". They can't see mono fishing line and the bonus is that it doesn't detract from the aesthetics of a pond such as a net would. Surround the pond with canes holding thin mono (4lb bs is enough) at about the knee height of a heron. A twig they would step over, but for some reason (possibly they don't know/can't see what has touched them) mono gives them the sh**s and they back off.

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Grey Heron

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Black- Crowned Night Heron

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