Great Blue Heron Building a House


Posted by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:41 pm

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Venice Rookery on 12 Jan 2004

On my recent trip with Alex to the Venice, St. Pete Beach, and Dunedin areas of Florida’s west coast, I resolved to get “bird parts” rather than complete images as much as I could. Venice Rookery may be the best place in Florida for flight shots of egrets and herons. This big guy was flying back and forth in a predictable fashion. When he grabbed hold of the large branch and took off, I fired.

I’m pleased to return to NSN after a month’s hiatus. A brief hospitalization, visits by my children and grand-kids, working furiously on my upcoming website, and taking the one week trip noted above all conspired to keep me away.

Thanks for looking. Comments, critiques, and reposts are welcome.

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by Jill on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:50 pm
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Sandy, No more conspiracies please, my friend!! You have been very missed by me...to the point of having withdrawal symptoms. :cry: What a dainty branch and most beautiful 'part' of this GBH. I do love it!!! :D :D :D Delighted you and Alex got away together!!
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by Larsen on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:50 pm
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Where was the GBH carrying that twig to - the saw mill? Nice shot, welcome back!
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by Jimmy G on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:53 pm
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Sandy welcome back I missed you this is very nice I have to get down there some day.
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by Alan Murphy on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:55 pm
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A GBH getting rid of his old Christmas Tree :)

great photo Sandy.
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by Bill Whala on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:58 pm
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Welcome back Sandy!! This is a really great shot. The branch puts it over the top.
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by Wayne Ellis on Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:58 pm
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Excellent image Sandy, glad you are back on deck m8t.
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by Ken Newcombe on Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:01 pm
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Nice one Sandy, the branch looks bigger than I have seen them handle around here.
 

by Wil Hershberger on Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:13 pm
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Welcome back Sandy. You were missed.
This is a terrific image. The perspective makes it look like he is carrying an entire tree :)
Very nice.
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by Rob Palmer on Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:21 pm
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Sandy, a beautiful image. Glad your back. Missed your comments. The details in the face of this bird are the best I've seen of the gbh. They seem to have the ability to look soft on most occassions even if you get everything right. This is not the case in this picture.
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by christoforos on Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:22 pm
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This is a wonderful image Sandy! :D
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by Neil Solomon on Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:33 pm
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He was FLYING with that thing in his mouth? Unreal!
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by Chas on Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:43 pm
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Hey Sandy, now this is my kind of image!!!!

Way to go, I love it.

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Looks like good old sunny f/16 to me :wink:


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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:07 pm
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Good to see you posting again Sandy, and my sort of shot - up close and personal and doing strange things!! :)

Amazing image of this house removal! 8) :)

Hope you had a good trip with the Wandering Hobo :wink: and I look forward to more of your wonderful handiwork, which as well as being a joy to behold, teaches me so much. :)
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by joseph motto on Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:07 pm
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Sandy,
Great shot! Reminds me of a pterodactyl. Let me add my welcome back to the others.
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by Jim Urbach on Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:26 pm
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Sandy,

It's good to hear you're shooting again. Welcome back. Neat image. Maybe he's building a 2 story condo.

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by Chip Estabrooks on Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:28 pm
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I'm not going to welcome you back..cause I know you never went away. :lol: You and Alex have just been conspiring and collecting images to make the rest of us jealous.
You're a sly fox Mossberg.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:43 pm
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Sandy,

This is a nicely composed image. Amazing how not one twig is blocking any part of the heron. Just the way you planned it.

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by BrianS on Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:16 pm
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Now that is a branch and a half .... good to see you back Sandy, glad to hear all is well.
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by Cliff Beittel on Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:17 pm
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Nice lumber and beautiful blue lore. I like the way the plume echoes the shapes of the branches. Surprised you didn't use high-speed flash, but wonderful as is.
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