The big bird was chipper, if not downright frisky, full of itself, and having fun. After all, it’s not every day that a Great Blue Heron gets to stand on water instead of in it. In the bottom, two frames, it may also may have caught a glimpse of its reflection in the ice.
In an earlier post, I described this bird as “variform.” The first two images only hint at this contortionist’s vast repertoire.
The four photos were all shot in the space of one minute, between 9:34 and 9:35 am, on November 25, 3013. The Great Blue was standing on thin ice between Heron Rock and Smith Point, just beyond our little cove.
I was stationed discreetly behind the closed window, shooting through the glass, but the big bird I’m sure spotted me. After the fourth frame, it abruptly flew off.
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