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| Finally!
In Recent years our attempts at getting photos of the smallest of
North America’s herons resulted in fair to middling results at
best. But this past summer that all changed.
Outings
this year to the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area proved to be quite
fruitful. As we became familiar with the various marshes and the
interconnecting network of trails, we came across an ever-growing
variety of wildlife found therein. And to our delight, none proved
more accommodating at having their picture taken than the little
Green Heron.
A Green Heron scans it's surrounding from on high.
While
they do perch in trees like the specimen seen here craning its neck,
the Green Heron is a stalker of stream and marsh edges, where it
hunts small fish and frogs. And yet it is most difficult to spot them
in such cover where they tend to be nearly invisible, blending in
perfectly among cattails, phragmites and other wetland growth that
affords them cover.
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| One can't help but envy his fishing skills. |
At times crafty in its attempt to lure prey, the Green Heron has been
known to take a small twig or feather in their sizeable bill and drop
it gently on the surface, hoping the slight disturbance will attract
a potential meal.
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| A waning moon photobombs a Green Heron at dusk. |
Until Next Time,
Jim & Claudia
