Green Heron.

[zombiesniper148 13]

Green Heron by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[HavToNo]

Very nice shot Trevor.

 

[RowdyRay]

Very nice shot.

They are incredibly fun to watch and photograph. Highly animated at times. Almost like a cartoon character.

 

[zombiesniper148 13]

Very nice shot Trevor.

Thank you.

Very nice shot.

They are incredibly fun to watch and photograph. Highly animated at times. Almost like a cartoon character.

Thank you.

Yes they can be fun.
Tonight they were calling from a tree that was backlit and let me walk right under them....right until I was on the correct side of the light. Then they moved to the next back lit tree. lol

 

[RowdyRay]

Yes they can be fun.
Tonight they were calling from a tree that was backlit and let me walk right under them....right until I was on the correct side of the light. Then they moved to the next back lit tree. lol

Sounds about right. Lol. I've been having a ball with these guys for the last week or so. Some are very skiddish. Others have let me get within 10' of them. Even when hunting for fish. One evening I didn't see any. Then turned the corner and one was in a tree. It was kind enough to let me get pictures.

 

[Donde1]

Nicely caught. I like how he is framed by the light green.

 

[zombiesniper148 13]

Thank you.

 

[BrentC]

Nice! I going to go up your way again this weekend to see if I can get more shots of them.

 

[zombiesniper148 13]

Thank you.
We have two on McKinnon road near the end as well there are quite a few in Tiny Marsh.
Hit me up if you come up on Sat as I'll likely be free to shoot.

 

[BrentC]

Thank you.
We have two on McKinnon road near the end as well there are quite a few in Tiny Marsh.
Hit me up if you come up on Sat as I'll likely be free to shoot.

Sounds good. The one I took was at the end of McKinnon. Remember I texted you on the weekend saying I was shooting a Least Bittern? Well that Green Heron was the Least Bittern LOL! For some reason I was expecting the Green Heron's to be about the size of a Night-heron so took it for a Bittern.

 

[tirediron]

Cool image Alex, but I'm seeing a strong blue cast.

 

[zombiesniper148 13]

Thank you.

Ya I didn't colour correct this one as much as I normally do. Probably because I wasn't editing in my normal location.

My 7Dmk2 tends to favour blue.

Here's a more natural colour.

Green by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I have not seen anywhere near the number of herons or egrets this year as last. I only saw my first 2 Egrets of the year a week or two ago. Guess all the rain we've had doesn't appeal to them either. Good catch.

 

[zombiesniper148 13]

It's just starting to pick up in my area.
When the water is deeper they have more options in the marsh where I can't see them.