Morning Calm
by Norman Johnson
Title
Morning Calm
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A great blue heron wades through the alligator infested waters of an Osceola County rookery 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 largest of the North American herons, they measure from 38.2" to 53.9" in length with a wingspan between 65.7" and 79.1." They have long yellow legs, a sinuous neck, and a thick daggerlike yellow bill with a dark top. The wings are broad and rounded with a light grey forewing and darker flight feathers. Light grey overall, they have white streaks down the front of their neck, a wide black stripe over their eyes and dark trailing feathers on the back of the head. The head, chest and wing plumes giv it a shaggy appearance. They have a white face,rusty brown thighs, with reddish-brown and black stripes up their flanks. There is a black or rusty patch at the top of the wings when closed. In south Florida and the Caribbean there is a pure white subspecies with yellow legs and an orange-yellow bill.
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March 31st, 2017
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Comments (24)
Diann Fisher
Beautiful Norman! Love this capture. Great detail in both actual bird and reflection! Nice work!! (lf)
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See Group:-)
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it, Robyn. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "The World We See."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it, Scott. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it, Alice. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Florida Scenic Photography."
William Tasker
Lovely, Norman! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World. L/F
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it, William. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Wild Birds Of The World."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it, Doug. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Animal Photographs."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Coastal Waterbirds-Shorebirds" 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 Waterbirds - Shorebirds."
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."
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