{"id":33419,"date":"2015-08-16T05:27:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T11:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33419"},"modified":"2015-08-16T05:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T11:27:47","slug":"black-crowned-night-heron-with-a-chip-on-its-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/16\/black-crowned-night-heron-with-a-chip-on-its-shoulder\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-crowned Night Heron With A Chip On Its Shoulder"},"content":{"rendered":"

This pugnacious juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron decided to take on a group of Snowy Egrets for the best fishing spot in this pond at Bear River MBR three days ago.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/1250, f\/7.1, ISO 250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The heron approached the egrets slowly at first…<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/1250, f\/7.1, ISO 250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

but it\u00a0quickly gained speed. Here it appears that it was threatening the first egret on the right but that wasn’t the case and\u00a0the egret seemed to know it. The heron’s goal was to take over the far right end of this spit of rocks but there were two more\u00a0egrets already there and it was intent on chasing them off so it could fish from that area. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

The herons threat posture was obvious\u00a0so the first egret took it seriously and vacated the rock but it didn’t go far. But there was another egret on the best rock for fishing\u00a0just out of frame to the right…<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

so the heron turned its attention to that bird, chased it off..<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

and took over the rock. It fished from here for a while but when it was unsuccessful it…<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

moved to yet another nearby rock but it had the same bad luck\u00a0here and caught no fish. And this huge carp seemed to be rubbing it in when it came in close and taunted the heron. The carp of course was much, much too large to make a meal for the heron.<\/p>\n

Karma personified.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This pugnacious juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron decided to take on a group of Snowy Egrets for the best fishing spot in this pond at Bear River MBR three days ago.<\/p>\n

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