{"id":6625,"date":"2012-11-22T03:55:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T10:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:03:11","slug":"great-blue-heron-skimming-across-a-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/22\/great-blue-heron-skimming-across-a-lagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron Skimming Across A Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SkimmingGreat Blue Heron skimming across a lagoon – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This image has always cracked me up, I wonder if the Great Blue Heron even realized its toenails were dragging in the water.<\/p>\n

I wanted to wish all of my readers a Happy Thanksgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for including the wonderful people I’ve met, talked to, emailed and had conversations with here on my blog because of my photography.<\/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":"

This image has always cracked me up, I wonder if the Great Blue Heron even realized its toenails were dragging in the water. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,166,2000],"tags":[4117,5229,5132,4052,4122,3987,627,626,3997,4248,4140,313,3996],"class_list":["post-6625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-great-blue-herons","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-lagoon","tag-skimming","tag-tidal-lagoon","tag-wading-birds","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-skimming-mia-mcpherson-2149.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1IR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34847,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/01\/15\/little-blue-herons-on-the-hunt\/","url_meta":{"origin":6625,"position":0},"title":"Little Blue Herons On The Hunt","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"These Little Blue Herons on the hunt were both taken at Fort De Soto in two different tidal lagoons.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Little Blue Heron searching for prey in a blue lagoon at Fort De Soto County Park, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/little-blue-heron-hunting-lagoon-mia-mcpherson-5709.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/little-blue-heron-hunting-lagoon-mia-mcpherson-5709.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/little-blue-heron-hunting-lagoon-mia-mcpherson-5709.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/little-blue-heron-hunting-lagoon-mia-mcpherson-5709.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3580,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/11\/05\/little-blue-heron-hunting-in-a-lagoon\/","url_meta":{"origin":6625,"position":1},"title":"Little Blue Heron Hunting In A Lagoon","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Little Blue Herons were a wading bird that I saw often in Florida. 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