{"id":7311,"date":"2013-01-28T05:38:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7311"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:21:27","slug":"monday-blues-little-blue-heron-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/28\/monday-blues-little-blue-heron-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Blues – Little Blue Heron That Is"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LittleLittle Blue Heron hunting in a lagoon – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know how much snow fell over night here in the Salt Lake Valley because it is still dark outside and while I am truly not “blue” about it I thought some images from warmer times of a blue bird might be in order for a Monday. These images were taken at Fort De Soto County Park’s<\/span><\/a> north beach on what I felt was a magical day. In fact I did a post about it called “Some Days Are Magic<\/a><\/span>” some time ago.<\/p>\n

\"LittleLittle Blue Heron still hunting – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

For February; even in Florida, the day was warm and the slight sea breeze was delightful. I was in the company of good friends and there were plenty of birds to photograph including this very cooperative and active Little Blue Heron. It hunted, caught and ate prey and looked gorgeous in the blue waters of the lagoon.<\/p>\n

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Little Blue Heron after missing prey – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The Little Blue Heron was a terrific subject and I took quite a few images of it, these files have been sitting on my hard drive just waiting to be edited and shared.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to be blue on a Monday looking at images of this heron!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I don’t know how much snow fell over night here in the Salt Lake Valley because it is still dark outside and while I am truly not “blue” about it I thought some images from warmer times of a blue bird might be in order for a Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[27,25,704,81,2000],"tags":[4004,85,627,626,3970,3997,84,4246,4001,313,3996,373],"class_list":["post-7311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-little-blue-herons","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-egretta-caerulea","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-hunting","tag-lagoon","tag-little-blue-heron","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-wading-bird","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-winter"],"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