Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Heronry/ Wild Bird

 Great blue heron on its way to get snacks for the kids

The heronry near where I live is busy, busy, BUSY! While the adults are rarely at home...

 Heron Condos

 the kids are still in their nests asking squawking what's for breakfast, lunch, dinner...and snacks.

 Siblings waiting for Mom or Pop to return

These kids look patient now, but you'd be amazing to hear the squawking once a parent appears on the horizon!

Off again for some more treats!

I missed this heron landing to feed its young, but caught it taking off to find more grub.

I am joining Stewart M's Wild Bird Wednesday HERE

51 comments:

Andy said...

Judging from the number of young there is certainly no breeding problems in the heron nation.

Shammickite said...

Wow great pictures. I had no idea they lived in groups.

Ramakant Pradhan said...

Lovely pics of the herons. You will have no dearth of models once the young crop grows up a bit.

Maggid said...

A Heron Condo! Wowzer, look at 'em . . I wonder what the Heron in the first photo is thinking . . isn't it majestic???

Thank you.
-g-

Nancy said...

It's like Grand Central Station up there! :)

Birdman said...

Fish... again?

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

Busy place..bet the parents are tired!
Hey- did you change something? I had to click through some kind of feed thing to get to your blog this morning.

Lowell said...

Oh, wow! What a fantastic series - esp. that first shot. I think your calling is bird photography. Seriously!

Someone told me that once, too. Well, that's not quite true. They said my photographs were for the birds!

Indrani said...

Whoa! great captures! You take them so well.

Michelle said...

That is a lot of herons!

Halcyon said...

Wow! These shots are really impressive. Love the heron condos. I wonder if they have to worry about having enough transit. ;)

Anonymous said...

These are awesome photo. We were out yesterday trying to find the heron next ... saw both herons but they were busy catching lunch in the river while we were there and didn't fly off in any direction. Hopefully next time we are there we'll spot the nest.

Darla said...

Such amazing shots and a new word (heronry) for me. It must be so much fun to watch the coming and going.

Darla

John @ Beans and I on the Loose said...

So many herons. You country will be filled with them.

Jill said...

Very cool shots! So many babies...so little time.

TexWisGirl said...

awesome shots! the babies just make me smile!

Judy said...

Such a graceful looking bird on the ground, it looks awkward in the air. Wonderful shots. I like the condo shot, so rare to see.

Karen said...

Excellent shots EG! Looks like those babies will soon be ready to leave the nests!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I think I must have had it real easy with only two mouths to feed :) No pressure here then! Seriously EG I think Lowell is right, you have such a talent for birding, but then again there's the macro shots... :)

Small City Scenes said...

Zowie---Great shots. If I were the parent I'd be kicking them out of the nest and saying 'get you own dang food'. LOL
How amazing to have a rookery so near. I'm with Lowell--Your bird photography is awesome. MB

Annie Jeffries said...

I'm thinking that it must get very crowded up there once the parents are back. They are all so close together. Oh. And. I would not want to be a heron in a LOWER next. LOL

Cheryl @ TFD said...

I loved seeing these! Wonderful shots. I can only imagine the squawking you hear there!

HansHB said...

A great serie of photos, Perfect for WBW!

Stephanie said...

Fabulous shots!

Unknown said...

Great shots!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

LOLfromPasa said...

I just have to join in and agree with everyone above...great shots - all of them.

mick said...

A great series - especially the in-flight photos.

Merisi said...

Fantastic images, great captures!

Anonymous said...

a Marvelous set of photos. Thanks for sharing

Susan Anderson said...

Such a cool bird.

=)

RedPat said...

Wow - super shots again! I had no idea that they nested in condos like that since they always seem to be such solitary birds!

eileeninmd said...

Cool series on the Heron nest. You have some great flight shots!

Anonymous said...

those birds always seem to big for themselves and amaze me everytime they take off!

Ruth Hiebert said...

I would love to spend some time at a heron rookery. Your images are great.

Randy said...

I like the "condo" shot.

kayerj said...

wow, what an amazing sight--I would love to see that in person.

Anonymous said...

I bet they make a heck of a racket, great shots!

Crafty Green Poet said...

Lovely photos! I love watching heronries!

Pamela Gordon said...

Wow, these are wonderful photos! I've never seen baby herons or their nests before. Really interesting.

MadSnapper said...

I almost missed this post and WOW WOW WOW.. XXXTraordinary.. these are wonderful

NatureFootstep said...

wow, stunning flightshots of the heron. :)

Irma said...

Great photos of the herons.
Pretty fly shot of the first and last photo.

Judy said...

I love those images!!! Especially the ones of the adults flying!!

Rose Anne B said...

WOW that flying heron is awesome! How close is this Herony to Toronto? I'm planning a visit and would LOVE to check it out. Thank you.

Unknown said...

Beautiful shots!

Anonymous said...

What lovely shots of the heron in flight!

LONDONLULU said...

Oh wow, I've never seen heron condos before! Think of the views;-)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful captures! I can imagine the squawking. It gets noisy here, too, when the moms come up from pasture.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Hi Just discovered your blog on WBW and so glad I did because these photos of Heron and their may chicks are awesome. I was wondering when you said you missed one landing, have you ever considered taking video of the attics that goes on around the nest and also then we could hear the sound they make. Just a thought. any way I have joined your site and hope to see a lot more in the future. Margaret

Mary Howell Cromer said...

Wow these are incredible images, love them all, great share~

Rose said...

I bet it is fun to watch them...you really got some great shots here.

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