Grey Heron

My. What a big one. ;)

You should have seen the one that got away

LOL Reminds me of a certain flight back from Hamburg! Just discovered your website. Am shamelessly devouring your expertise! Whlst on the subject of Herons can you look at This One and zoom in to find the kingfisher just to the bottom left. I stumbled across the two together and did a John Wayne draw on them a split second before they flew off. Joking apart I have a great deal of admiration for you when I see pictures like this Heron. I can see you were using a long lens but these creatures can be so shy and NEVER pose. I bought a decent camera and 300mm lens only last month and tried getting some of the numerous birds in our garden to pose. Am still trying!

You are one up on me. I have glimpsed kingfishers once or twice but never had chance to get my camera to my eye let alone get a photo.

For wildlife in general it's often best to find a likely spot then wait for them to come within range. Going looking for them rarely works. They spot you long before you get close enough. Their survival depends on them being alert to danger.

Patience and luck. That's the name of the game.

Update

I now have some half decent shots of a kingfisher.

See page 9

Wow! Amazing shot!

That is indeed one of the best I've ever seen,but I don't think he could smell your fish from that distance!!!!!

Joke.

Not so good as yours and I can't make a link like you but what do you think of my heron's on page 9 and 13 in my gallery?????

Joke.

You have some nice photos Joke. I like the one of the moon with geese very much.

To make a link in your comments , put square braclets around the word you want to make into a link. [Heron]

Followed by the URL you want to link to inside round brackets (http............ )

You can continue your post after the round brackets if you wish to.

Thank you !And also for explaining to how make a link,wrote this down too!!!!

Greetings,

Joke.

Great shot and taken at a nice angle. Its unusual to see one at the same level.

Regards

Kenny

Thanks Kenny. Your comments are much appreciated.