I stop at a little pond to capture some female Mallard Ducks swimming on the pond.
They co-operated fairly well posing for pictures.
They were even doing some preening.
Try your darnedest to get both sides.
It was a hard job to get right.
Then something magical happened. The Green Heron I've seen at the fishing lake, with no opportunity to captured, showed up and landed in a tree with a red bobber hanging from it. Is that fate or what? Click to see it better.
I zoomed in to get a better look.
He decided to check this Fishing Guy out also.
Okay, he's harmless, let's do some preening on one leg.
How does that look for the picture?
I'll even turn around for you to get a better look, still on one leg.
Seize the moment no matter how fleeting and this one payed back two fold, my first Green Heron pictures.
36 comments:
Cool! Congrats on your first Green Heron! Well done!
Cheers, Klaus
Beautiful just beautiful I'm glad you finally got your Green Heron he is a beauty see it does pay to be patient.
Great shots! Glad the Heron stayed around and posed.
Hurray! You got him! Grat job, too...(That tree is laden with something) Great ducks, too.
Lucky you to capture your first Green Heron shots! (And he even posed for you!) Terrific series of photos... I loved the ducks too.
Well congratulations on your first green heron pictures. They are lovey.
I've seen a Green Heron once. I think I actually got some good pictures of it, but I would have to find them because it was before digital days. Anyway, they are the coolest birds to watch. Wonderful photo series.
beautiful shots! great pictures
Fabulous capture of the heron! Good thing you had the camera. :)
Great shots. I haven't heard of the green heron before. He's a beauty, though. Congratulations!
Olá Fish!
As always, beautiful photos.
Congratulations for the performance of your country in the Olympics.
One day, the Brazil arrives there.
Have a great weekend.
Great shots. I love the Heron pictures. Congrats on capturing a shot of one.
The storm is over, no damage to us. Thanks for your nice comments.
It is fun to get another animal critter caught in a digital camera net. Good job. Come visit. I have a little guessing game going on now.
Beautiful stuff! And I love the commentary. Congratulations on capturing him.
So many good photos. We love to feed the ducks at one of our local ponds. Great catch on the Herron, too.
Cece
Love the green heron..They are so hard to see as they blend in so well..
Take a look at your ducks. Some of them are males with their summer drab feathers. They have yellowish bills and the females have orange bills with a brownish or black marking. Soon the boys will get their usual feathers and start showing off for the ladies.
Now you are just spoiling us. I am still waiting to catch the elusive heron here. Fabulous collection
great photo story!
Congrats on seeing your first Green Heron! That's fabulous!!
Very nice indeed. I love green herons and we got to see a young one very close up on our last float trip onthe upper Niangua. I think last year I may have posted a picture I got on another float. I'll have to check on that.
Lots of fishing guys in these photos sandy
I like the green heron, but don't forget about those lovely ducks!
Well captured and congrats on your first Heron, FG!
Those are some really great shots!He does look like he's posing for you.
Nice ducks =) Reminds me of the famous dish here in my country which is roast duck! Cheers!
Cor! We pass a duckpond on our walkies.
Nice shots of the birds!
Congrats!! Love the pics.
I love the commentary as well as the photos, FG. You made me chuckle!
WOW! This is fantastic. I'm so glad you were able to have this experience! I LOVE that last shot.
Cool! That must have been exciting. I believe there are just days when certain pics are meant to be taken. You're just in the right spot at the right time and it's as if they want to be in front of the camera. :-)
wonderful capture of the heron! Love when things like that happen!
Wow those are great and i have never seen a Green Heron before
What luck you had today! Those are wonderful photos! And they all groomed themselves for your photo too!
perfect captured! very impressive set of photos.. congrats..
I can't stand on one leg like that and am totally jealous of seagulls and other birds.
Congratulations on your birding find!
Blessings!
Lacy
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