{"id":130240,"date":"2024-07-06T03:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T08:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=130240"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T18:04:21","slug":"great-blue-heron-and-bog-smartweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/07\/06\/great-blue-heron-and-bog-smartweed\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron And Bog Smartweed"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a great session photographing young Barred Owls at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a>, I also took some Great Blue Heron photos in a slough nearby.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron in Bog Smartweed \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 800, -0.7 V, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Great Blue Heron was foraging for prey in a slough, as I mentioned, and is surrounded by Bog Smartweed.<\/p>\n

Bog Smartweed, Persicaria setacea<\/em><\/span><\/a>, is commonly found in wet habitats, such as bogs, swamps, and other wetland areas, which is reflected in its common name “bog smartweed”.<\/p>\n

I selected the image above because the smartweed was crossing in front of the bill and neck of this heron and it shows how tiny and delicate the flowers are.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron foraging in Bog Smartweed \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 800, -0.7 V, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn’t see this Great Blue capture anything to eat while I had the heron in my viewfinder but it was fun watching it move through the smartweed.<\/p>\n

Great Blue Herons are excellent hunters even when the vegetation is as thick as this Bog Smartweed is at this spot on the refuge. I hope to get closer images of this native plant one day soon.<\/p>\n

It was a very busy morning at the refuge. Click to read Steve’s account about our 4th of July morning spent at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Great Blue Heron photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a great session photographing young Barred Owls at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I also took some photos of a Great Blue Heron in a nearby slough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,15294,166,13973,13974],"tags":[4004,4117,6098,7353,15295,13985,13984,4142,6518,3987,627,626,14047,4302,15296,4046,13976,13042,313,5065,4307],"class_list":["post-130240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-bog-smartweed","category-great-blue-herons","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-blooming","tag-blossoms","tag-bog-smartweed","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forests","tag-bottomlands","tag-close-up","tag-flowering","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-miners-cove","tag-native","tag-persicaria-setacea","tag-portrait","tag-slough","tag-summer","tag-wading-birds","tag-white-wildflowers","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t