Great-blue, had to share it too :-)

[dancad]

Same individual as Wayne's posts. Looks like for the third straight late summer (and hopefully into the fall) this ridiculously tame heron has made a local pond it's temporary home. He is morphing nicely into an adult bird, this time showing the long head plume, and gaining a bit more white on the head feathers.

1. Here is the windswept head plume curving nicely into a perfect arc.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Great-blueHeron_6953-01.jpg

2. Standard portrait, but here the sun briefly came out and gave the heron some warmer colours to it's plumage (also gave the eye an extra glow to it).

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Great-blueHeron_6989-01.jpg

3. As it preened it sometimes assumed some funny poses. I like this one for the clear big wide-open eye :-)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Great-blueHeron_6969-01.jpg

[Ron77]

Very awesome shots Daniel!
His hair-doo is cool too, great catch

[Jan]

Amazing shots Dan, I hope he hangs around for you. I get a lot of pleasure from your posts.

[viv1969]

That first shot is as perfect a photo as I have ever seen of one of these guys.
I swear if I'd taken that I could die happy! lol

[Skippy]

These are super. You have caught so much detail. Turning green with envy. Have tried many times and they are so shy.

Skippy

[marshall2]

Awesome stuff Dan! His pose in the third shot is great. The composition and detail is super on these. Isn't it fun watching how a wild animal grows and progresses?

[brysig228]

nice shots.. these birds are pretty mean looking.. i like the first one out of the three.