I see Great Blue Herons just about anywhere and any time I go to photograph nature. They are sometimes so abundant, they’re easy to overlook.
But I don’t. I find them fascinating.
And I’m not alone: In Seattle, where I live, they are the city’s official bird.
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Capturing a vole.
Great Blue Heron at sunrise.
Flight over marsh.
A Great Blue Heron among spring flowers.
Great Blue Heron touching down.
Laughing Great Blue Heron?
A Great Blue Heron takes off a nest box.
Spitting image.
A juvenile Great Blue Heron snags a frog.
A Great Blue Heron catches a fish.
Flounder for dinner?
A Great Blue Heron flips a fish.
A courting dance.
Balancing Act.
Stick hunter.
Stick shaking is a courting gesture.
Special delivery.
Stick artist.
I bow to your flying skills.
Still in sync.
The handoff.
Heron heart.
Feeding frenzy at the nest.
Juvenile Great Blue Heron.
Jump for joy.
Emergence shadowed.
At sunrise with a purpose.
