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Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Habitat:

spotted on small lake dock in county park

Notes:

This bird has been habituated to the presence of people in the park. I was there for the sunset and a family was there fishing. The heron landed only a few feet from us and stayed almost 45 minutes. Later another young family arrived and said that they see the bird often and sometimes feed him their catch.

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44 Comments (1–25)

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

shocked that i missed it too!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Gorgeous! I cannot believe I missed this one, Auntie! :)

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Much appreciated, Sandra and Chief. As I understand it, this bird is still a regular visitor to this little dock.

SandraPereira
SandraPereira 11 years ago

great spot !! the first one is beautiful

AjayKhandige
AjayKhandige 11 years ago

beautiful shot!

MaryL
MaryL 11 years ago

Amazing shot!

Marie Cuenca
Marie Cuenca 11 years ago

That was so dramatic! Great spotting! :-)

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

:-D Glad you've enjoyed it, Phillip.

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Epicness overload!!!!

JamesFunk
JamesFunk 11 years ago

Beautiful photo!

ClaudiaCarneiro
ClaudiaCarneiro 11 years ago

what a beautiful shot! Congrats!

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Thanks again. (must admit it's one of my favorites)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Specatacular spotting...

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Wonderful 1st shot!

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Pic #1 could be a screen saver

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Thanks so much, Liam and Heather. This fellow is still a regular at this little dock. Maybe later this spring he'll introduce us to some new family.

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Great Angles & colors

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Fantastic!!

Seema
Seema 12 years ago

Nice silhouette of the majestic posture

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Amazing series,,

NicholeSauve
NicholeSauve 12 years ago

Great angle and very beautiful silhouette!! Absolutely love this!!

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I never considered that, Ismael, but on your recommendation...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I must have missed this during my vacation! Completely Stunning!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

you should add the spotting to 2011 best wildlife photo mission

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Oh my! I'm flattered, Antonio.

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Cocoa, Florida, United States

Spotted on Oct 16, 2011
Submitted on Oct 18, 2011

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