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Great Blue Heron photographs
Posted on 4/13/26 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 4/13/26 at 8:34 pm
Sat by an irrigation lake Sunday to get some photos of an Osprey that likes to feed there. The Osprey did not show up but the herons were doing a little fishing. I have taken several photos of herons with fish but this one looked pretty cool with how he barely grabbed the fish so the whole fish was displayed perfectly like he was showing it off. Herons are one of my favorite birds to photograph just because of how wild the feathers look when they are all fluffed up like in some of the photos that JoJo posts.
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Posted on 4/13/26 at 9:25 pm to highcotton2
Did the bird get that bream down?
Posted on 4/13/26 at 9:34 pm to bbvdd
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Did the bird get that bream down?
Like it was nothing.
Then stood there posing.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 9:36 pm to highcotton2
I cannot grab a bream like that.
Like a bar of soap.
Like a bar of soap.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 9:37 pm to highcotton2
Great pics. Love blue herons.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 9:47 pm to dstone12
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I cannot grab a bream like that. Like a bar of soap.
I think about that a lot how hard it is to hold a fish and a bird will just grab one like it is nothing. Nature has that figured out pretty well. Not on the same trip but this Osprey grabbed a fish that was actually pretty big after he got it out of the water the fish never moved again. If I had grabbed it it would be flopping every which way.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:24 pm to highcotton2
When I fed the bluegill at my lake by hand, the local heron would stand right next to me like we were long lost pals. They have no problem taking down a large fish that appears to be impossible for them to swallow.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:26 pm to highcotton2
There's a Mr. Miyagi lesson in here somewhere.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:44 pm to highcotton2
Man, those are some fantastic photos! 
Posted on 4/14/26 at 4:53 am to highcotton2
There is a blue heron nest site on the property behind me. They nest in large groups in the tops of some very large trees.
Some evenings they will circle before coming to roost, there will be 20+ herons, circling like buzzards. Its a pretty neat thing to watch.
Once they land, they start cutting up and making all kinds of racket. I had no idea they were so vocal. They can be heard from hundreds of yards away.
Some evenings they will circle before coming to roost, there will be 20+ herons, circling like buzzards. Its a pretty neat thing to watch.
Once they land, they start cutting up and making all kinds of racket. I had no idea they were so vocal. They can be heard from hundreds of yards away.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 9:47 am to DownSouthDave
They pretty regularly get 1.5# flounders in front of my house. they get them down. Quite the site. I saw one eat a 1-2# bullhead cat once, that looked like a chore. I think he waited until it died so the fins didn't get him. That cat lived a long time out of water. I used to have some cool pics of one eating a 2' eel.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 5:03 pm to highcotton2
Great pictures. That must be a helluva lens you have
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:02 pm to highcotton2
These are awesome.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:07 pm to nolaks
I watched a heron snatch a chipmunk off a fallen tree in the water and drown him before swallowing.
Bet that wasn't how that monk thought he was going to go.
Bet that wasn't how that monk thought he was going to go.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:23 pm to highcotton2
Damn good pictures.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:48 pm to Turnblad85
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I watched a heron snatch a chipmunk off a fallen tree in the water and drown him before swallowing.
There was a hen wood duck swimming around with about 11 just hatched little ones and a female Northern Harrier showed up. Didn’t want to wish ill will on the the baby ducks but I was ready if she wanted to grab one.
She had that look in her eyes. 
This post was edited on 4/14/26 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:25 pm to highcotton2
Thanks for sharing. Those are fantastic photos!!
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