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Great Blue Heron Catching Fish At Bear River MBR

By |2023-09-28T16:44:12-06:00August 22nd, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my last trip up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I came across this Great Blue Heron and spent only one minute photographing the large wading bird.

Coyote Stalking Adult Sandhill Cranes

By |2021-05-12T05:52:46-06:00May 12th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Coyotes, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning while up in the Wasatch Mountains I heard Sandhill Cranes calling repeatedly and when I spotted them I also found a Coyote near the cranes.

Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron Stalking Prey

By |2021-05-05T14:35:05-06:00February 16th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last August I was able to spend time observing and photographing this juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron stalking prey at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Great Blue Heron stalking prey in morning light

By |2022-01-20T04:16:58-07:00December 3rd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As common as Great Blue Herons are throughout North America I am always happy to photograph these prehistoric looking birds.

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By |2021-07-03T04:11:23-06:00July 2nd, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This young Yellow-crowned Night Heron moved very slowly and it seemed to do that deliberately.

Tricolored Herons

By |2016-12-07T12:15:18-07:00October 14th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Tricolored Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Another one of my favorite wading birds is the Tricolored Heron, a bird that used to be called the Louisiana Heron. It can be found in estuaries along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in inland freshwater marshes in Florida.

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Great Blue Herons

By |2024-03-14T06:40:15-06:00September 26th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Great Blue Herons are North America's largest heron and one of the three largest herons in the world.

Hungry Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By |2021-07-03T04:16:54-06:00August 22nd, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ghost Crabs, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It didn't take long for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron to grab the crab and send the sand flying.

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