Saturday, May 12, 2012

Here An(d) Gone

The Great Blue Heron in flight
Blogger friends Magpie and Tracy made me curious about Herons.  And while I had already found a Great Blue Heron for the year, I wasn't expecting to find a Heron Rookery(nesting area) in Tucson.  Today's pic series focuses on my hunt for the Great Blue Heron and their rookery.  You'll see those pics soon.  But here are my captures of this magnificent bird in flight around the nests.





The Heron did a circle around the nests and eventually landed back into the area.  More tomorrow...
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13 comments:

  1. theconstantwalkerMay 12, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    Fantastic flight shots of your Heron... it's very similar to our Grey Heron over here.

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  2. RoeHMay 12, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    Beautiful. While I was out to that riparian park in Gilbert a couple of weeks ago, I looked east at a white 'something' that looked like this sitting by the water. In the time it took to lift up my camera, it was gone.

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  3. ZielonaMilaMay 12, 2012 at 2:48 AM

    Beautiful face of the nature, a bird in flight it is truly a fabulous view which it is possible to admire with hours. I am greeting

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  4. CameraCruiseMay 12, 2012 at 2:57 AM

    Great shots of the beautiful heron.
    The heron is no. 1 on my list of birds I want to photograph.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Mette

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  5. AndreaMay 12, 2012 at 3:23 AM

    Wow, those are wonderful captures of very awesome poses. I envy the equipment too!

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  6. Ragged RobinMay 12, 2012 at 3:41 AM

    Great flight photos Chris. I love herons - they always look so primeval.

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  7. laurak/ForestWalkArt :)May 12, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    wow!! really amazing shots of this beautiful bird!
    this might sound...ummmm...dumb??!!....but when i think of Tuscon...i think desert-like...Herons are not the first image to pop into my head!

    GREAT find and terrific shots!!

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  8. TexWisGirlMay 12, 2012 at 6:27 AM

    i just love these pterodactyls. :)

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  9. GaelynMay 12, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    Great shots of the heron in flight. They look so funny with their long legs landing in tree tops.

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  10. Warren BakerMay 12, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    Wow , Look at all that blue sky! :-) Nice heron too :-)

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  11. SuzMay 12, 2012 at 11:09 AM

    nice!
    I saw a night heron in flight yesterday

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  12. Gardener on Sherlock StreetMay 12, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    What a sight!

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  13. MagpieMay 13, 2012 at 5:57 PM

    Chris, these are amazing shots. Aren't they the most graceful fliers? I love the long stretch they do on landing.

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