The Great Blue Heron came into the area I was in, saw me, made a quick turn right and flew away.
Great Blue Heron
The Great Blue Heron was busy in the morning along the side of the river, fishing for breakfast. I watched it for close to an hour, it caught few fish before it decided to fly away and look for another place to fish or perhaps rest.
Great Blue Heron
In the morning I came across this Great Blue Heron fishing on the side of the Bow River. I watched from a distance as it caught two fish, both the same size as the one in its mouth. After it caught the two, things slowed down. It kept moving to different parts of the river but no luck. It finally decided to fly away.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
I was out during the morning taking pictures of birds, all around me I could hear and or see various species. Most of the pictures I was getting were of small species, with the odd Raven, Magpie and Canada Goose being spotted in the distance. Then I saw a Great Blue Heron flying my way, I quickly I got the camera on it and started snapping. A fun morning.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
It was one of those fun morning, when you get up at 4am on your day off and be out before the sunrise looking for birds. By the time the light was in the sky, I had a Great Blue Heron to the right of me, various water fowls in front and warblers, sparrows and flycatchers behind me. I was being entertained by their calls and by their movements. With no bird blind, it helped I was out there along, after few minutes they all ignored me and they went about their morning business. After less then an hour I had several hundred images, I was in the zone. The hard part was deciding what picture to take first, birds in air, perched or in water. Kept taking all the possible images until the memory card felt heavy from all those bird pictures.
Until next moment,
Amar
Amar
Great Blue Heron
This beautiful Great Blue Heron was first spotted landing in the shallow water over 100 meters away. After fishing for a while it started to fly toward us, just a meter above the water, the camera was in the car and all I could do was take pictures with my mind, what beautiful pictures they were. It landed to the right of us and then took off in the air and flew mere meters front of us before landing to the left of us. Then I ran to get my camera, returning just in time to get few good pictures before the heron moved on.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
It was the morning and I was watching this heron trying to catch breakfast, the hard part was trying to get in it in focus. It kept moving among the weed, until it was close to catching the fish. When the fish was caught, it took few seconds to get int in focus and was able to grap this picture. The heron quickly swallowed the fish and moved on.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
It was a morning that was all about Great Blue Herons, was seeing them everwhere. In the sky, middle of shallow watrers and in the weeds. I was able to get close enough for good pictures and in many cases they were coming near where I was standing. I took full advantage of the opportunities.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
In the last few weeks I have been seeing more and more Great Blue Herons, its a fun bird to watch and just find it amazing the way it takes off to air and land. There is something graceful about this bird. This one was looking for food in shallow water in high vegetation.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
It has been a great season, being able to get good pictures of Great Blue Herons. This season on three different occasions I was able watch, learn and take pictures of Great Blue Herons from a short distance away. The heron in the picture saw me before I spotted it, I thought it was going to fly away, but it just moved few meters from where I was. I moved back, finding a spot where I had a clear view, then spent few hours watching and taking its pictures.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
Just few weeks ago it still felt like winter wonderland. The Great Blue Herons were back in the mountains, but there were only pockets of open water for them to search for food from. I had finished spending couple of hours taking pictures of one heron, when few hundred meters later another caught my eyes, it was walking in open water created by the melting ice middle of the shallow lake. Surrounded by thick ice it looked out of place. It was not finding food and I was hoping it would fly elsewhere so I could get flight pictures. It involved waiting and more waiting, but I was rewarded with several flight shots of the heron leaving for more appealing settings.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
It was a warm afternoon as I explored the Vermilion Lakes. In the distance from the road I spotted several Great Blue Herons, too far to get good pictures. As I was walking along the lake, noticed there was one that I might be able to to get close to. Had to do bit of bushwhacking, but as I got out in the open I lost sight of the bird. Minute passed when to my right I saw the heron flying by, quickly pointed the camera toward it and grabbed a picture.
Until next moment,
Amar
Great Blue Heron
I was slowly about to drive by the pond when I spotted a Great Blue Heron. I stopped and wondered I long before it wold notice me and fly away. I took few pictures and it did not seems to mind me. I turned the engine off and kept taking pictures. After about half and hour, I decided to stop. I looked up and to my left, there on a dead tree was a Bald Eagle. Spend the next little while taking its pictures. It was a rewarding morning.
Until next moment,
Amar