Saturday, December 9, 2017

White-faced Heron..



I've heard that to be a successful birder you must have patience, either that or find a pair of half-awake white-faced herons obligingly moving lazily in the morning sunshine. You can see by the plumage blowing gently in the early morning breeze and the slight pinkish -brown on the chest that it is the breeding season, perhaps they were conserving their energy :)


All was going well until a cormorant landed in their private space and they were off, first one followed closely by the other leaving the cormorant wondering 'was it something I said' :) Happy weekend, take care and stay safe..


19 comments:

  1. I certainly don't have the patience for bird watching. Nice photos Grace. Enjoy the weekend.

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  2. ...a variety that's new to me.

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  3. Those pesky cormorants! They ruin everything. Great photos!

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  4. I don't think we have that type of heron in N America, Grace! You did well with the pics of them!

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  5. Those are some excellent bird photos, Grace. Glad you found your patience. :)

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  6. These are beautiful shots, Grace. I don't have patience photographing birds! Though, I confess, I don't have much practice at it.

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  7. Beautiful bird pics.
    Have a nice weekend.

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  8. Nice work Grace.
    Hope you are having a great week end. We are finally getting snow!

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  9. Very nice post.really I apperciate your blog.Thanks for sharing.keep sharing more blogs.

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  10. Great you have the patience to watch the birds and make the beautiful photos of them. I am afraid I don't have that rest.....It is anyway to cold to sit still outside here now!

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  11. Herons are such elegant looking birds. I love seeing them. I especially like to see them lift off and fly away. They do that so gracefully.

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  12. It's a different kind of heron that we see here, and yes the cormorant really seems to be wondering.. thanks for the smile :))

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  13. What fun, this post! This seems to be a good week for herons; check out the latest post from my friends in Switzerland about a prophetic heron that visited them: on Facebook: Communaute de Grandchamp .

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  14. You always make me smile, Grace - 'was it something I said' :-)
    Poor cormorant!

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  15. Yes, patience is a must and you got some wonderful photos of them Grace!

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