Tag: #great blue heron
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The Road Less Traveled
Everyone took a left to a wine tasting event yesterday while I went right on a road that was definitely less traveled. I didn’t see another vehicle for 20 minutes in an area known as the Sacramento Delta. But I did see herons and egrets stalking prey in the marsh that runs along the endless…
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Sharing…
I marvel at how different species of water birds share feeding areas at the Carmel River Lagoon. Here a great blue heron, upper left, stalks prey while nearby much smaller egrets do the same. It is not uncommon to see mallards float by these egrets and herons without hesitation. Peace.
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Statue or Real Thing?
This great blue heron is live, but so intense in stalking prey that it looks like a statue, especially since it has one leg on a concrete cover for a pond pump.
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Great Blue Heron
The wing span of a great blue heron is impressive, but also slow to kick in at lift off. Took this shot in West Sacramento.
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Awkward Beauty…
For a few seconds it appears as if the Great Blue Heron isn’t going to remain airborne, but the large wing span puts the bird into glide mode and flight is achieved.
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