Saturday, November 9, 2024

Saturday Critters #569

 For my first drive around two area lakes, I was lucky to see and photograph 
2 Great Blue Herons right from the car.

The first surrounded by dead grasses, clearly had fishing on its mind.





In this picture, looking me square in the eye thinking "are you still here"?


Here I will share this terrible picture of the Mergansers, they have returned for winter.
They stay in the middle of the lake, impossible to get a good picture of.
But they are here and I am happy to know that!

Next is the second Heron I saw...

it looked like it had rust colored "knickers" on.


It was extremely interested in its feet.



I was thrilled to see 2 Herons,
while able to relax and take these photographs right from the car.

Sharing today's images with Eileen at 
Viewing Nature With Eileen 
for Saturday Critters

14 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello Debbie,
I enjoy birdwatching from the car, it is like being in a bird blind.
Great captures of both GB Heron and the ducks.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

RedPat said...

You got some great shots of the two of them.

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

You certainly must have a very long zoom lens, Debbie, to have been able to get such wonderful closeups of these herons.

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

Dang! I missed mentioning your blog when I talked about Saturday Critters last week! That heron certainly was cooperative with your photoshoot, you got some great shots!

Jeanie said...

Wow! Look at the detail on these photos! Fabulous, Debbie. I especially love the one with its mouth open -- that can be a hard scene to photograph.

Linda said...

Marvelous photos of the herons! They are such interesting birds

Marie Smith said...

Wonderful shots of the herons, Debbie. They have left here it appears. That is early this year compared to last year.

Barwitzki said...

You were able to take beautiful photos of the herons.
Thank you very much. It's a lot of fun to look at them.
A greeting comes to you from Viola

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Wonderful photos of water birds. I am delighted with the heron.
I wish you a wonderful autumn week:)

carol l mckenna said...

Lovely series of photos of our 'feathered friends' ~ thanks, hugs,

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

DeniseinVA said...

These photos are great, and those eyes of the heron. So sharp and clear! Happy week to you Debbie.

Anonymous said...

Lovely photographs of the heron.

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Shiju Sugunan said...

Great heron sightings! Beautiful photos.

Conniecrafter said...

So nice you can have a clear look of the lake from your car, I love the one with him looking right at you, I do wonder what goes through their minds when we are taking pictures of them, LOL! I wonder if the floor of the lake is muddy and he doesn't like the feel on his feet :)