Blue Herons

limbs · 03-27-2012, 12:55 PM

Yesterday I took the kids on a mini hike along the river. We saw at least 6 blue herons. They are such odd birds. I looked them up and they have 90% accuracy with hunting. That is pretty amazing considering hawks only have 50% accuracy.

wvbreamfisherman · 03-27-2012, 02:05 PM

We have Blue Herons, Lesser Green Herons, and Cattle Ergets around here, All are interesting birds to watch. When I was in Michigan a couple weeks ago, I saw a bunch of Sandhill Cranes. Holy Crow, are those things huge!

TRegasaurus · 03-27-2012, 05:34 PM

Egrets and Blue Herons occupy a strip of wetlands east of the Las Vegas valley. Very nice to photograph.

jason · 03-29-2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by limbs

Yesterday I took the kids on a mini hike along the river. We saw at least 6 blue herons. They are such odd birds. I looked them up and they have 90% accuracy with hunting. That is pretty amazing considering hawks only have 50% accuracy.

You should come down to Florida. All over the place. I have two that walk through my yard all the time. It may sound strange, but I love to see them eat. You just sort of see a big bulge go down their neck, like a snake.

We get a few birds through here, although I think I enjoy listening to a whip-poor-will the best. Reminds me of NY. Really should learn some of the other birds around here though.

Grandpa · 03-30-2012, 12:56 AM

We took a bayou swamp boat ride yesterday and coasted to within 50 feet of a blue heron fishing. While we were taking pictures it caught a nice 10-12 incher. I'll post a pic after I get back home and get them down loaded.

Marshmallow · 03-30-2012, 08:00 AM

I've never seen a blue heron. They must be beautiful birds, especially out in the wild. I'm looking forward to seeing a photo. A heron sometimes comes by my sister's pond, and I've seen it before. I think this one was white or gray.

ppine · 03-30-2012, 12:21 PM

The major rivers in the West have some good rookeries with lots of herons all at once. It is fun to drift by and watch them fish.

hummingbirdee · 04-01-2012, 02:58 PM

We took a drive in Yellowstone National Park one morning. We pulled off on a dirt road and saw Blue Heron. It was so interesting watching them. They have such graceful long necks.

Davefromva · 04-01-2012, 04:42 PM

We have 3 of them that live in our back yard. Its nice to sit there and watch them fish in the morning. They have it so easy, every few mins they are plucking a large fish out the water. Their wing span seems to be as wide as my car lol...they are HUGE!!
Ill record a video of them and upload them grabbing fish sometime.

The egrets fish right along side them with no issues.

Grandpa · 04-03-2012, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Marshmallow

I've never seen a blue heron. They must be beautiful birds, especially out in the wild. I'm looking forward to seeing a photo. A heron sometimes comes by my sister's pond, and I've seen it before. I think this one was white or gray.

Judy Ann has a great pic of a blue heron in her "journeys" album.

My pics from Louisiana are okay but I missed when the heron caught the fish, so i won't be posting them.