Great Blue Heron photographed on a luxuriously warm late-October morning in the tide pool at Good Harbor Beach. Click image to view full size.
Oftentimes when I come upon a Great Blue Heron fishing in the marsh at dawn, they appear as though they have been there for some time, as though they are nearly finished feeding for the morning. That’s because they may very well be done. Great Blue Herons have specialized rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes which allows them to hunt both day and night!
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Documentary filmmaker, photographer, landscape designer, author, and illustrator. "Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly" currently airing on PBS. Current film projects include Piping Plovers, Gloucester's Feast of St. Joseph, and Saint Peter's Fiesta. Visit my websites for more information about film and design projects at kimsmithdesigns.com, monarchbutterflyfilm.com, and pipingploverproject.org. Author/illustrator "Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden."
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Great Blue Heron photographed on a luxuriously warm late-October morning in the tide pool at Good Harbor Beach. Click image to view full size.
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What gorgeous photographs, Kim. Makes me want to get up at dawn.. but maybe not while it’s only 4 degrees at that hour.
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Thank you Marty! I wouldn’t go if it were four degrees either. I love to go and film at dawn–when it’s warm enough to stand barefoot in the sand!
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What is this warmth you speak of? Great shot! Love it!
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LOL Chris–did you forget? Looking forward to warm sunny sandy beach days!
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Both lovely pictures and it appears after the trip to Mexico you wanted to check into your area Good Harbor Beach 🙂 Welcome back:-)
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Thanks Dave. The photos are from October though. I don’t believe there are any Great Blue Herons around at this time of year—too cold!!
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No date on pictures so I assumed – dangerous thing for sure 🙂
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