I was taking pictures of roseate spoonbills — regrettably, too far away to be great shots — and I turned around just in time to catch a great blue heron in a pond on the other side of the road, just as he was just in time to catch his next snack.
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What a magnificent picture!
Tom
Tom – Thanks!
Terrific !
Ralph – Thanks! I was pretty tickled.
I’m, like, WOW! Fantastic photo!
Marilyn – Many thanks.
Isabel – now the question is what is he/she snacking on?
John – A fissshy of some sort.
Great photos, Isabel, Even though some may be enhanced!
Marilyn – Thanks! Having a ball . . .
Nice catch Isabel – so many times the best picture if the one behind me…..
Jim R – Yeah. A photographer on our Scotland trip in 2012 talked about that, so I do try to remember to turn around!