The Green Heron

pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
edited June 13, 2005 in Wildlife
At last, i have been trying to get a shot of this elusive heron for over 1 year. I was walking a remote lake when i saw a pair of Heron on the far side of the lake. After stalking for over 2 hours i finally got a shot of my tarhet.

The Green Heron is fairly scarce here and they are always very cautious.

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Pete W
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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited June 11, 2005
    Very nice shots. The coloration is very different for a Heron, at least in my limited experience. Interesting bird.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 11, 2005
    pete w wrote:
    At last, i have been trying to get a shot of this elusive heron for over 1 year. I was walking a remote lake when i saw a pair of Heron on the far side of the lake. After stalking for over 2 hours i finally got a shot of my tarhet.

    The Green Heron is fairly scarce here and they are always very cautious.
    Good captures Pete. They are a very shy bird. We have a lot of them down here but there are still very hard to capture. You did good here. thumb.gif
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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited June 11, 2005
    Thanks Guys
    Yes this Heron is very shy here also, a great bird with some wonderful colors. Lots of stealth needed .
    Harryb wrote:
    Good captures Pete. They are a very shy bird. We have a lot of them down here but there are still very hard to capture. You did good here. thumb.gif
    Pete W
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2005
    You did a great job of "hunting" him down without spooking him. The shots show such color and clarity.

    fantastic.

    ginger
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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2005
    Thanks Ginger
    Going to try again next weekend, wish me luck.
    ginger_55 wrote:
    You did a great job of "hunting" him down without spooking him. The shots show such color and clarity.

    fantastic.

    ginger
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2005
    Very nice indeed thumb.gif
    Don't even think we them in these parts
    Thanks for sharing
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  • Rufio220Rufio220 Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2005
    Thats a good story to go with even better pictures. Nice job, and congrats on finding your Green Heron.thumb.gif
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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2005
    Thanks Ben and Rufio.
    Rufio220 wrote:
    Thats a good story to go with even better pictures. Nice job,

    and congrats on finding your Green Heron.thumb.gif
    I hope to get a little closer next weekend.
    Pete W
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Very nice indeed thumb.gif
    Don't even think we them in these parts
    Thanks for sharing
    GREAT capture thumb.gif and Ben san diego but only a few sort of like the night heron :D
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited June 13, 2005
    Good work Pete thumb.gifthumb

    Yep, those Green Herons don't like people much :uhoh You can walk right past them and they won't move, but if they know you are looking at them or stalking them, forget about it rolleyes1.gif Because of this, I've got a ton of Greenie butt shots.....Laughing.gif

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