Great Blue Heron
I spotted a great blue heron atop
trees on an island in southwest Florida late one evening as the sun was
setting. It was obvious because of its size and the fact that the reddish light
from the setting sun was illuminating the tops of the trees only. An immature
white ibis flew in and landed close by; too close for the blue heron because it
fluffed its feathers and made threatening motions towards the much smaller
bird. When the smaller bird flew away, the heron seemed very pleased with
itself and stretched its long neck skyward and made interesting
sounds.
I shot these photos with my 70-300 mm
lens on maximum zoom. I guess it was more than 60 feet from where I was
standing.
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