Shot from a long distance my non-stabilized 400mm and 1.4x teleconverter, some not quite in focus and quite a bit of noise but loved the moment. It arrived then hovered and flew back up in the air several times before landing on a nearby branch since the female on the nest would let him land in the nest.
Photos from the Great Blue Heron rookery this year. This and the following 5 photos show one arriving then sparing with another already on a nest. Not sure if a mating dance or ritual, just guessing since the last two photos show them next to each other in the nest with no more drama. Really fun to watch, sorry for so many photos of the same thing. :) Very harsh lighting and shadows plus tons of dangling seed pods this year, so focus and quality not the best. Will post more later.
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Great Blue Heron Rookery activity same day as first photos posted. I apologize for another round of photos, many not quite in focus and rather poor detail. Saving for now.
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Shot from a long distance my non-stabilized 400mm and 1.4x teleconverter, some not quite in focus and quite a bit of noise but loved the moment. It arrived then hovered and flew back up in the air several times before landing on a nearby branch since the female on the nest would let him land in the nest.
Photos from the Great Blue Heron rookery this year. This and the following 9 photos show one arriving then sparing with another already on a nest. Not sure if a mating dance or ritual, just guessing since the last two photos show them next to each other in the nest with no more drama. Really fun to watch, sorry for so many photos of the same thing. :) Very harsh lighting and shadows plus tons of dangling seed pods this year, so focus and quality not the best. Will post more later.
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Very poor quality but this heron, shown arriving in previous photo, came crashing into another already there and knocked it off a branch. Guessing a territorial dispute. I could see lots of seed balls and shattered buds falling like crazy toward the end of the sequence, but the last shots just didn't turn out so saving these for now. The lower one did get knocked completely off the branch. Crazy to watch them while building nests in the rookery of about 13 nests so far.
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The lower one getting knocked off its branch and now has its head and beak caught on the branch it was perched on.....ouch! The one on top one came crashing in. Guessing a territorial dispute.
Very poor quality but this heron came crashing into another already there. I could see lots of seed balls and shattered buds falling like crazy toward the end of the sequence, but the last shots just didn't turn out so saving these for now. The lower one did get knocked completely off the branch. Crazy to watch them while building nests in the rookery of about 13 nests so far.
Tags: Great Blue Heron Birds Nature Wildlife rookery Nests Spring Canon 400 mm f5.6 L USM
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