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Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by Ciam
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Field Notes

Description:

I was lucky to get this shot. I hadn't put the zoom lens on my camera yet. I disturbed this beauty just after dawn.

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Notes:

Foster Island is superb for wildlife.

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Comments (5)
Ciam
Heh. No noise at all, actually. I arrived before dawn, and the sun had just crested the horizon when I took this. I think the heron was freshly awake. Weirdly, now that you mention it, the entire morning was pretty much silent. I got lots of photos (several other sightings posted here) and nothing made any noise.
jamerbean
Hehe, did it make that godawful squawking noise as it flew off? The first time I accidentally disturbed one and it did that I thought I'd given it a heart attack!

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2011

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