Hopped Up

A great blue heron surprised me by suddenly jumping up out of the reeds in the salt marsh. I didn’t even know the bird was in there, and he reminded me of a pheasant being flushed out from the brush.

Not sure what the big rush was, but these guys never need an excuse to act impulsively.

6 thoughts on “Hopped Up”

Raewyn's Photos on May 29, 2015 at 7:17 pm said:

Nice captures

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naturesnippets on May 29, 2015 at 9:46 pm said:

Obviously, it wanted your attention.

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Angela on May 29, 2015 at 10:19 pm said:

He wanted to say hello.

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foxleylady on May 30, 2015 at 5:53 am said:

I love these action shots of a favourite, Phil! The markings in the second one are just exquisite! There was a great article in the Mail yesterday – a grey heron flew into No. 10 Downing Street, the home of the Prime Minister, and sat above the front door! Apparently the Egyptians considered the heron to be a symbol of prosperity and good fortune, the Iroquois worshipped the blue heron as a good omen and a symbol of luck and other Native American tribes prized the heron’s inquisitiveness, curiosity and determination! This beautiful bird has had quite a following!

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Birder's Journey on May 30, 2015 at 4:10 pm said:

Great shot! The sudden appearance of a Great Blue ‘out of the blue ‘ would be quite the big surprise!

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Donna on May 31, 2015 at 7:30 am said:

Fantastic shot, I guess it would give a bit of a shock!! :))

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