Striated Heron

I spotted this striated heron doing a bit of fishing and he was just sitting with his neck curled in. All of a sudden his neck stretched and got longer and longer and I gathered that he has seen something interesting.

Whatever he saw turned out not to be as interesting as he first thought and he relaxed again on the rock.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely shot Babs , great detail and clarity . He has a big strong neck , lovely clear waters

[Lee-Ann]

Lovely capture....the water looks so clear.

[tony gig]

Lovely shot of nature...Fav

[Richard Brown]

Great shot as said above the water is amazingly clear.

[Helen Sanderson]

nice!!

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

what a beautiful bird !!! I've never seen such a!!!

[Valerie Chesney]

great capture, the water is beautiful too.

[Catherine P]

Beautiful shot

[Ethel]

Birds are hard to photograph. He relaxed and you were ready. Good shot and nice experience.

[Lynda McG]

Nice capture!

[Hazel]

Great spot and catch, Babs!

[Merrelyn]

Great capture, Babs:)

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Joyce]

So we'll captured Babs

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely capture of this heron.

[Margaret Brown]

Well caught, nice detailed capture

[gloria jones]

Great capture, perspective

[Masquerade]

Such a beautiful shot - such clarity, well done! fav

[ShirleyB]

Lovely detailed shot

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Sue Cooper]

Wow! Fantastic shot. Fav.

[Pat Knowles]

How funny he looks completely out of proportion! All top heavy, great shot!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wonderful shot :) love the water too!

[Marnie]

He sure knows how to stick his neck out. Love it Babs.

[Call me Joe]

So elegant capture:)

[Dawn]

Lovely detailed shot fav

[Babs]

@beryl @leestevo @tonygig @rjb71 @hrs @olenadole @happysnaps @cmp @ethelperry @lyndamcg @quietpurplehaze @merrelyn @bkbinthecity @mittens @thistle @ladymagpie @craftymeg @seattlite @maskerade @shirleybankfarm @elisasaeter @susiemc @happypat @koalagardens @golftragic @joemuli @dawnee Thanks everyone, I took this when I was out with the walking group and as usual I was lagging behind taking photos. We have a leader with our group and a tail end Charlie and I am usually way behind the tail end Charlie. ha ha.
Luckily when I took this photo there was one of our walkers who is a member of the bird watching group and she told me what type of bird this was. As I was photographing it, its neck got longer and longer and I didn't think it was going to stop.
We are so lucky here to have such clear water in the bay too, so this heron didn't have any problems finding his lunch.

[Peter]

Beautiful capture Babs, wonderful focus, detail and reflected light:)

[belinda]

Great capture, they are interesting to watch

[sally agnew]

He looks lovely against the beautiful clear water :)

[Rachel]

A bit like ET with those extendable necks! A lovely shot.

[Pam]

Nice capture