ellarien: Blue/purple pansy (Default)
[personal profile] ellarien
IMG_0092

Moments later, the heron took a couple of very slow, cautious steps, as if playing Grandmother's Footsteps, and then pounced out of view. When we saw him again, he had a beakful of wriggling fish, which he proceeded to gulp down.

Oooh shiny!

Date: 2011-05-03 02:07 am (UTC)
redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
From: [personal profile] redbird
We get great blue herons (which I think are fairly close kin) around here, but I've never seen one that close. (Night herons, yes, usually immediately before they notice me and fly off, squawking.)

(no subject)

Date: 2011-05-02 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com
Great shot!

(no subject)

Date: 2011-05-02 10:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com
Wow, beautiful. I love herons and egrets so much. This is a wonderful photo.

(no subject)

Date: 2011-05-02 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kip-w.livejournal.com
Our house in Virginia was on a tiny pond inhabited by herons, among other things. I was thinking they were blue herons, but they looked like your grey. We always saw one, but one day I saw three flying around. Other than that, there would be one, slowly and gracefully stalking around the pond. I'd see it hoist and swallow a wiggling fish, but never saw it stab for it. It was a nice thing to see while washing dishes.

Mission Statement

Reading, writing, plant photography, and the small details of my life, with digressions into science and computing.

Profile

Ellarien

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags