A Lot Of Posing…Not Much Fishing

Yesterday evening I spent some time set up on this rather grumpy looking great blue heron hoping it would catch a fish.
However it seemed to be much more interested in posing and preening than it was in fishing.
I was about to give up on the bird but then the sun broke through and it looked like the action might pick up.
Well it did…sort of…the heron made a stab at capturing a fish but only came up with what looked like some marsh weeds.
Despite the unsuccessful attempt, the great blue’s disposition seemed to improve somewhat, but shortly after that heavy evening cloud cover came in and spoiled the lighting so I went on my way and left it alone with the hope that he got a fish eventually!
 
 
 
 
 
 

26 thoughts on “A Lot Of Posing…Not Much Fishing”

    • Hey Mark well I’m sure you would be happy to photograph the alligators if you had some available. 🙂
      The gators here do not live in the salt marsh but will make brief visits to hunt for food.
      Thanks for checking out the pics!

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    • Thanks Molly and yeah he is a very good looking bird, that’s a big reason why I stuck with him for so long and took photos despite there not being much action. Plus I liked the light and the setting but I still can not figure why he didn’t catch any of what appeared to be numerous fish swirling about. Oh well, he must be eating something.

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  12. Wow, these are stunning ! A friend-photographer of mine is a “bird-nerd” (his own words ! ) and he’ll turn green and blue with envy, I’m sure. And thank you again for your comment on my photograph. Patricia.

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    • The way he was using his neck in that stealthy, stalking mode was almost a bit uncharacteristic of how I normally see the blue herons fish. The tricolored herons which are smaller use that technique quite successfully.
      Thanks for checking out these pics!

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