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Heron's Angel Wings


Heron's Angel Wings

Great Blue Heron with it's wings uplifted, as it prepares to lift off.
We have a large colony of great blue herons, - infact there's a nesting area/rookery/heronry about 5 minutes from our home. Right now they are nest building, so we go there to watch them gathering branches and carrying them to their nests. (trying to get a good photo of this) But the nests are high up in the trees on the bluff.



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What a large wingspan on this one.....

3 May, 2009

 

Oh yes, they are huge. It's amazing how they navigate around the tree branches on the bluff, to get to their nests. Very interesting to watch them.

3 May, 2009

 

Great shot this one Alandra....wonderfully graceful bird everything about him is long and sleek...just right for fishing!

3 May, 2009

 

Another great photo

3 May, 2009

 

Wow fab!

3 May, 2009

 

thanks again Janey, Donnah and Pansypotter. They can stand so perfectly still, when hunting, then suddenly they strike.

3 May, 2009



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