Great Blue Heron

This Great Blue Heron was fishing for lunch when we came by.

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, "Great Blue Herons can hunt day and night thanks to a high percentage of rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes that improve their night vision."

Many thanks for dropping by.

[Denise Breimeir]

FAV! What a beautiful bird. I love seeing herons. Your photo is so serene with all the green and soothing water!

[Susan Klassen]

Gorgeous capture! Looks so lush and green.

[Pam Womack]

BEAUTIFUL! these are my favorite birds. FAV

[Ramona]

Beautiful, I love blue herons. We usually have one living in the lake across from our house.

[❀ Lynn]

Great shot. I love these guys but have to travel an hour to find some....speaking of that, I may have to go for a drive soon!

[Rick Schies]

Quite the machine I would say, and very beautiful

[cynce frantz]

stunning capture.

[elkehochban]

Great catch!

[Stacey]

Beautiful bird, love that you are so close to it.

[Joyce Wells]

Amazing closeup, Anne - just beautiful!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent capture.

[Allison Maltese]

Wonderful shot, and a perfectly idyllic setting. I can never seem to get close enough to one.

[Junan Heath]

Gorgeous capture! Fav! :D

[Leslie]

You got a Heron.... great capture looks like he would have been hard to spot.

[Lyn]

Good for you, Anne! He's beautiful!

[Jann]

Beautiful Heron. Do you watch the Heron nest on Cornell's site?

[Carolyn White]

Gorgeous pic, Anne!!! Fav!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture Anne

[Diana]

Awesome capture in a super POV! FAV!

[Diane Owens]

Nice capture.

[Darlene]

What a fantastic capture, Anne. He is gorgeous.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Lovely capture Anne, he looks great against the greens :)

[Danielle Greenwood]

Gorgeous.

[Dione Giorgio]

Fabulous shot, bird and scenery, Ann.

[Livia]

What a beautiful heron! Great capture! 8)

[Judith Johnson]

Great shot. I wonder how close you were?

[Denise]

A wonderful shot - nicely comopsed.

[Carole Imes]

Ah! The Great Blue....what a find. They are so beautiful and this is a terrific photo, Anne. One would think this was taken in Florida! Fav!

[Mike Warren]

Great capture. Beautiful composition.

[Heidi]

Great shot and thanks for sharing that interesting fact about their eyes!! We have a heron that lives near us. We've named him "Uncle Chester" :)

[Anne ❀]

@jannkc thanks jann! i've seen the web cam from time to time. right now it looks likes it trained on a hairy dog! lol

[Anne ❀]

@busylady thanks judith! we're were quite a distance, at least 100 ft or 30 meters. i didn't get out of the car - shooting through the sun roof!

[Mary Lou]

great shot, I love seeing these!

[Jennifer Ruge]

He is very pretty! Nice capture!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Fantastic nature shot.

[Hudd]

Beautiful shot Anne, I managed to capture a Grey Heron today, been waiting a long time for it!

[Beverly Carmichael]

I love your picture today! It's all sparkley and green and the bird is most outstanding.

[Dixie Goode]

Anne these birds always make me think of dinosaurs for some reason.

[santina]

fantastic shot, i like this bird, i like the place

[MaryBeth Dailey]

They can hunt at night...but DO they? I am curious! I watch the herons on the lake and they amaze me! Great shot here!

[Laurie Higgins]

Beautiful heron! Look at how green everything is now! Wow. We are living in a very dark and dismal world this week. Rain and more rain.

[paula goff]

fav.....beautiful image Anne! i love these birds!

[Jen Hudson]

Beautiful shot.

[Zoe Ferrie]

Gorgeous capture and bird!

[Al Perry]

Very nice.