Everyone with a pond will have visits from the
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) like this one
stalking fish on July 22, 2012. I see them year
round, but they are very hard to approach.
Usually, if they see me even just come out on
my porch 200 feet away they fly off.
I had to hide beneath a camouflage cloth and
crawl that 200 feet across the meadow in order
to get close enough to take these photos. It was
an extremely hot day which is why all the shots
show the bird with its bill open as it constantly
panted in an attempt to stay cool...imagine how
hot it was for me, crawling out there under a
camo cloth!
