Close encounters of the Great Blue kind

[coastalconn]

Heron's in Ct are normally really skittish, this one seemed to care less about me. It is the closest I have ever been to a heron. Pretty cool. He/she was working a very small stretch of barely defrosted marsh about 100 feet long. Made a couple really close passes. Thanks for looking.. Comments welcome...

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Great Blue Heron 3_24 2 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Great Blue Heron 3_24 1 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Great Blue Heron 3_24 3 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Great Blue Heron 3_24 8 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Great Blue Heron 3_24 5 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

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Great Blue Heron 3_24 7 by krisinct- Thanks for 5 Million views as of Jan 12, on Flickr

 

[Derrel]

Oh, wow, love the capture and snacking action!!!

 

[baturn]

Absolutely amazing! I've been pretty close, but nowhere near that close.

 

[fjrabon]

Great shots! Moderately disappointed the title wasn't "close encounters of the bird kind"

 

[tirediron]

Hey, you! Yeah, you, the doofus with the camera. Got any crackers?

 

[WesternGuy]

Kris, great images with quite a different perspective than is often shown. I like the first one, the portrait, the best of the bunch.

WesternGuy

 

[John Hunt]

Wonderful, I like the action.

 

[annamaria]

Great set, my fav is the one with the beak open.

 

[shelby16]

You are my favorite bird photographer, hands down.
Great job!

 

[DarkShadow]

First one for me,nice portrait with a little alfalfa thing going on.

 

[coastalconn]

Thanks for all the kind words!

 

[BillM]

I'm thinking i'm going to get myself a chain smoking cat, they are a serious good luck charm !!!!


All of your work is great Kris but these are seriously over the top