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Great Blue Heron Takeoff Series

Plus my take on Canon’s new IDX Mark III camera. Final specs were announced yesterday.

Great Blue Heron In A Snowstorm

I was mostly unprepared for this unexpected opportunity yesterday afternoon but thankfully I had my backup camera gear with me.

Aggressive Great Blue Herons – “Upright And Spread Wing Display”

After twelve years of photographing birds and paying particular attention to their behaviors it isn’t every day that I witness a ritualized aggressive behavior that’s new to me. But it happened yesterday at Bear River MBR with a couple of Great Blue Herons, seemingly on steroids.

Two Great Blue Herons – Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Not Quite

These two herons looked identical to me, until they took off.

Fourteen Image Series Of A Great Blue Heron Taking Off And In Flight

I actually got nine additional photos of this bird in flight but I thought these fourteen were the best ones. They’re all presented in the order they were taken with no skips.

Me And My Shadow – Great Blue Heron In Flight

Occasionally a single element in a photo will grab me in a way that I’m willing to overlook something else that would normally put me off a little.

A Potpourri Of Recent Birds And Critters

It’s been a while since I published a potpourri post so I figured it was about time. Each of the following 8 images was taken over the last 8 days in places like Bear River MBR, Antelope Island, Farmington Bay WMA or other favorite haunts of mine in northern Utah.