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<\/p>\nAn older photo I’ve never published before.<\/p>\n
Green Herons aren’t officially classified as ‘rare’ in northern Utah but they’re close enough that this bird is the only one I’ve ever seen or photographed.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n “He” was fishing directly below rushing, tumbling water that was loaded with duckweed and resembled a small, green waterfall, which explains the vertical column of water and duckweed splashing up just below and slightly in front of his eye. Here he’d apparently spotted a fish in the calmer water just out of frame to our left and was running after it. I don’t remember if he caught the presumed fish, but I did photograph him with at least one other small fish in his bill.<\/p>\n This photo has been cropped very little and Green Herons are fast so I was lucky to keep all of him in frame. I got lots of photos of him fishing and this is one of my favorites so I’m more than a little surprised I haven’t published it before.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m resorting to posting an older photo again because we’re in the throes of our first winter storm, so I’m stuck at home for the duration. It’s raining as I type this, they’re forecasting lots of snow in the mountains, some in the valleys and tonight will be our first hard freeze of the season. Last evening I harvested a boatload of what will probably be the last of this year’s tomatoes, gave some of them to neighbors and stashed the rest for our own use.<\/p>\n I hope to have BLT’s (without onions, Buz Marthaler) for dinner two more times before the tomato drought begins in earnest. It’s going to be a long winter without garden tomatoes.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A ‘lifer’ for me.<\/p>\n