lets talk night herons

[Harryb]

A while back I made the mistake of saying that I didn't have a night heron shot that i really liked. Ever since then its been a night heron fest here. I didn't say that I didn't have any night herons shots. I only said I didn't have any I really liked. All I had were shots like these

http://www.pbase.com/hpb/image/37096015.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hpb/image/37166073.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hpb/image/37166076.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hpb/image/37166072.jpg

[jwear]

the first shot would have been better if you had both legs :dunno :rofl :rofl great stuff Harry but what is the other one called ,what type of NH is it .lone ranger heron robber ,bandit :scratch you did have some shots after all :thumb

[ginger_55]

Your night herons look hungry. My night heron, pretty little thing, right?, looks totally different from yours or the West Coast.

One thing mine looks is well fed, :rofl .

ginger

I was not after night herons yesterday, I have said that over and over.....he was there, might not be again, who knows, but we take what god puts in front of us sometimes, I do anyway.

I was after Wood Storks, actually, we went into a wilderness area and got lost, saw nothing, other than a snake and each other.

I am jealous of your Wood Stork shots, my few are pitiful. Though I don't think they are hungry, just difficult to see.

I have some shots I really like of the egrets, almost ready to leave the nest, but they are so interesting right now, and better looking.

I am starting at the beginning of my cards and going in that direction, finally decided that was easiest. And the Night heron was first.

I like yours, just surprised at how different all these guys look.

[ehughes]

Great stuff Harry ( as usual )

I really like the lighting on the first one... great shot...


Ed

[theroo]

I've try to take bird pics. You guys have the patience of Job. Keep up the good work.

[wanderingeye]

http://www.pbase.com/hpb/image/37166073.jpg
This is a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), found primarily in the Southeastern US but also present on the west coast from southern California south.

Ginger, yours are Black-crowned Night-Herons (Nycticorax nicticorax), common on both coasts.

I really like this one:
http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/25567976-L.jpg
though I wish the rocks on the left side were not there... beautiful color and nice DOF.

[ginger_55]

Thanks, David, somewhere in my mind I knew there were two kinds, now why didn't I put two and two together, so to speak.

I can go out and remove the rocks, :rofl , can do it in a second. You know sometimes I think cloning is so easy ,other times it is a chore with round spots showing no matter the opacity or whatever. I made a decision not to try with a largish twig a bit ago.

Finally finished all my night heron shots from yesterday. Poor little thing, he was no happier to be with me than I became being with him. I left him, oh poor guy, I left him sitting on another rock way far away, looking quite bereft (I think that might be the word). I can't just pop a small photo over as they are not uploaded to smugmug yet.

I wonder why I am getting the black headed ones and Harry is getting the other ones. OH, well, I do not want another night heron til July when the babies are gone.

But thanks for the info. Yes, I love that photo, too. The little tree is the most interesting to me. I was thinking that nothing changes, the little heron is always there, then I realized that I could follow the changes in the tree. Unless god pays me back for my lack of gratitude and takes my night heron. I would hope to have him next month. They are sure spookish, and wait til I tell you of the terror he went through with the Great Blue Heron. I was so close I couldn't focus my lens. But it played out and I did get my 70-200 on, unheard of. The poor little bird was between me and the great blue.

I hope he is feeling calmer today.

ginger

[Harryb]

the first shot would have been better if you had both legs :dunno :rofl :rofl great stuff Harry but what is the other one called ,what type of NH is it .lone ranger heron robber ,bandit :scratch you did have some shots after all :thumb
Hey Jeff,

I had night heron shots (these are yellow crowned night herons). I'm just not crazy about them.

[bfjr]

Yeah Yeah not crazy about them but couldn't take the pressure and just had to post em, :lol4 :lol :D

Your shots always beg the question will I ever catch up? :rolleyes :D
Hmmm I see more NH's in the near future :hide

Maybe Harry with that 500 you can finally get decent shot :hide again :D

[Steve Cavigliano]

Very Kewl YCNH's Harry :thumb :thumb Never seen any before and I like the wing detail :clap I'll be looking for a few BIF's of these guys in the future :D



Steve

[Harryb]

Hey ginger,

They look different Because they are a different kind than yours. Mine our yellow-crowned night herons that I shot at Ding Darling in Sanibel on the western coast of Florida.

Good luck getting some wood stork shots.

[Harryb]

Great stuff Harry ( as usual )

I really like the lighting on the first one... great shot...


Ed
Thank you Ed

[Harryb]

I've try to take bird pics. You guys have the patience of Job. Keep up the good work.Thanks Theroo. Being retired I have lots of time to be patient with. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/biggrinbounce2.gif

[Harryb]

Yeah Yeah not crazy about them but couldn't take the pressure and just had to post em, :lol4 :lol :D


Just had to show you wise guys that I had a few too. :D


Your shots always beg the question will I ever catch up? :rolleyes :D

:nod

[GREAPER]

Just had to show you wise guys that I had a few too. :D


:nod

Sorry Harry, I wont taunt you any more with them....


(nobody tell him I have posted everything I had)

[ginger_55]

Hey ginger,

They look different Because they are a different kind than yours. Mine our yellow-crowned night herons that I shot at Ding Darling in Sanibel on the western coast of Florida.

Good luck getting some wood stork shots.
That is what I thought you said. I was in the other room, noted the front page of the Arts And Travel section of Sunday's newspaper. There is a whole article on Sanibel.

A nice photo of a Little Blue, too. That bird is standing on an old looking boat landing. It is a pretty little shot of the bird, only the cement? showing, taken looking down, bird has something in its mouth.

That was what attracted me to the article. It is the part of the paper with book reviews, my favorite part.

When I saw it I knew I was going to look your post up to see if I remembered correctly. Sure enough, it is Sanibel.

ginger

[Harryb]

Very Kewl YCNH's Harry :thumb :thumb Never seen any before and I like the wing detail :clap I'll be looking for a few BIF's of these guys in the future :D



Steve
Thanks Steve but I can't get the BIFs until I get back over to the gulf side. :dunno

[Harryb]

Sorry Harry, I wont taunt you any more with them....


(nobody tell him I have posted everything I had)http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/roflol.gif