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Great Blue Heron (Original Post)
Bo Zarts
15 hrs ago
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Wonderful capture and thanks for sharing it, my dear Bo! This bird has something to say!
CaliforniaPeggy
14 hrs ago
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3Hotdogs
(15,503 posts)1. --- remarkable plumage. When they are on land, they come up to about 5 ft.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,852 posts)2. Wonderful capture and thanks for sharing it, my dear Bo! This bird has something to say!
Ilsa
(64,521 posts)3. So beautiful! This is one of the most colorful GBH I've
ever seen. Thank you for posting it.
byronius
(8,006 posts)4. Gorgeous.
LoisB
(13,346 posts)5. Magnificent photograph.
summer_in_TX
(4,252 posts)6. Gorgeous, Bo Zarts!
We visited Caddo Lake last year and spent some time in Uncertain, Texas, took a boat tour of the lake, and learned how it was formed. Such an unusual history.
Skittles
(172,643 posts)7. OOH I had one of those fly by me into a creek here in Texas (to snag a fish)
He flew very fast and very low........I live in a metroplex and had literally never seen one before.....they are very tall! Also, EVERY BIRD IN EVERY TREE lining the creek departed en masse, VERY LOUDLY, so I figured that dude must be a threat to them
stopdiggin
(15,616 posts)8. stunning detail. this one deserves some awards. - - - - - - - -(nt)-
calimary
(90,618 posts)9. Handsome as can be! Absolutely breathtaking!
GORGEOUS plumage!
Grumpy Old Guy
(4,380 posts)10. Great shot!
I never get tired of egrets and herons. They are amazing creatures.
hay rick
(9,693 posts)11. I also took a snap of a Great Blue Heron today!

I went for a walk at a local seaside park and took this from 10 feet away. He seemed unperturbed by the local pedestrian traffic. Yesterday I got my first picture of an alligator at another local park but the alligator was almost totally obscured by a combination of greater distance and the natural camouflage of rippling reflections of vegetation surrounding the stream.
CousinIT
(12,713 posts)12. I love blue herons. They are so incredibly beautiful and graceful. N/t
