Blue Heron Overlook
by Norman Johnson
Title
Blue Heron Overlook
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A great blue heron rest in a tree overlooking a pond in a rookiery near Kissimmee, Florida.
Great blue herons (ardea herodias) can be found in any watery habitat from Alaska and Canada, down through the United States into Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern tip of South America. They are a partial migrant, moving only when the water freeze over and a rare vagrant to Europe.
The great blue heron is a opportunistic feeder, eating mainly fish, but will devour almost anything edible that comes within striking distance. It tends to stand very still waiting for its prey to come to it. You will see it wading slowly, up to belly deep in water, or standing like a statue.
They build stick nests in bushes or trees in colonies, usually over water or on a small island surrounded by water. They lose the occassional chick that falls out of the nest to alligators, but in exchange the alligators keep other predators like raccoons from getting to the nests.
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June 21st, 2017
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Comments (24)
Lois Bryan
I love these giant birdies!!!! Absolutely beautiful work of art, Norman ... wonderfully exposed, detailed and composed!!!! I love it!!!! l/f
Rosalie Scanlon
Fantastic image Norman, nice light on the bird's face, it really brings out his eyes. L.
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it William. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Wild Birds Of The World."
William Tasker
Gorgeous texture and nuanced image, Norman! Fantastic! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World. L/F
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Coastal Water Birds - Shore Birds."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "A Birding Group - Wings."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it Doug. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Animal Photographs."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it John. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You."
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