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Donkees

(29,726 posts) Sat Sep 30, 2023, 07:00 AM Sep 30

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Great Blue Heron

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Great Blue Heron (Original Post) Donkees Sep 30 OP

Beautiful! 2naSalit Sep 30 #1

Nice. MOMFUDSKI Sep 30 #2

Thank you for caring for them 💕 Donkees Sep 30 #9

Beautiful! calimary Sep 30 #3

Thank you. niyad Sep 30 #4

There's a Heron near me that hangs out with buzzards. I see them together all the time. 70sEraVet Sep 30 #5

The skittish buzzards might be the heron's alarm system (?) Donkees Sep 30 #8

They seem to spend nights together. And I thought too, that they hang together for protection. 70sEraVet Sep 30 #10

I just read that "The great blue heron is a cousin to the turkey vulture." Donkees Sep 30 #11

Photo is perfect. 3Hotdogs Sep 30 #6

And two lotus blossoms within the ripple mandala, painted by her feet Donkees Sep 30 #7

I photograph Blue Herons a lot and... S/V Loner Sep 30 #12

Tony Markle is in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ... Donkees Sep 30 #13

To photograph wildlife in... S/V Loner Sep 30 #14

ohh,ahhh. AllaN01Bear Oct 5 #15

I have them on my pond. Emile Oct 6 #16

2naSalit

(81,789 posts)

1. Beautiful!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 07:07 AM

Sep 30

MOMFUDSKI

(3,534 posts)

2. Nice.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 07:21 AM

Sep 30

I have them in my pond here in Florida. They don’t get along with each other at all. All the other water birds have a great respect for their size and beaks. Very wary of them. They will sit on the grass and hold their wings out and down to allow the sun to dry their feathers. I have had to call the Seabird Sanctuary to catch one with a fish hook stuck down their throat with the fishing line hanging out. They put bait fish inside a snare on the ground and snag a leg. The hook is removed at the facility and they are back in business!

Donkees

(29,726 posts)

9. Thank you for caring for them 💕

Reply to MOMFUDSKI (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 09:05 AM

Sep 30

calimary

(79,224 posts)

3. Beautiful!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 07:31 AM

Sep 30

niyad

(107,911 posts)

4. Thank you.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 07:31 AM

Sep 30

70sEraVet

(3,035 posts)

5. There's a Heron near me that hangs out with buzzards. I see them together all the time.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 07:59 AM

Sep 30

I finally got a photo the other day. Not the best photo, but they scatter if anybody gets near them.
Certainly not the quality of your photo!

Donkees

(29,726 posts)

8. The skittish buzzards might be the heron's alarm system (?)

Reply to 70sEraVet (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 09:00 AM

Sep 30

looks like a large family group.

70sEraVet

(3,035 posts)

10. They seem to spend nights together. And I thought too, that they hang together for protection.

Reply to Donkees (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 10:03 AM

Sep 30

Donkees

(29,726 posts)

11. I just read that "The great blue heron is a cousin to the turkey vulture."

Reply to 70sEraVet (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 10:35 AM

Sep 30

Watching a YouTube video, I was surprised to see a great blue heron sliding his neck under a vulture to steal a fish Seems like extended family behavior.

3Hotdogs

(11,613 posts)

6. Photo is perfect.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 08:34 AM

Sep 30

There are patches of pink on the underside of the wings.

Donkees

(29,726 posts)

7. And two lotus blossoms within the ripple mandala, painted by her feet

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 08:47 AM

Sep 30

S/V Loner

(8,973 posts)

12. I photograph Blue Herons a lot and...

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 10:43 AM

Sep 30

That is a great shot.

Donkees

(29,726 posts)

13. Tony Markle is in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ...

Reply to S/V Loner (Reply #12)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 10:54 AM

Sep 30

I enjoy seeing his work.

S/V Loner

(8,973 posts)

14. To photograph wildlife in...

Reply to Donkees (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 02:46 PM

Sep 30

that area would be on my bucket list if I were not so cheap. LOL

AllaN01Bear

(14,220 posts)

15. ohh,ahhh.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Thu Oct 5, 2023, 01:28 PM

Oct 5

Emile

(18,436 posts)

16. I have them on my pond.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 06:31 PM

Oct 6

My pond has an overabundant population of bluegill and I welcome these birds to help me thin them out.

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