RHH's photos with the keyword: great blue heron

Photographed in the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge in southern California on the shores of the Salton Sea.

After traveling through Yakima and the Yakima Valley and spending some time at Brooks Memorial State Park we followed Highway 14 along the Columbia River to Catherine Creek where we did some hiking. Driving up to Catherine Creek we saw a Great Blue Heron at Rowland Lake. Several hours later when we left he was still there and displaying.

This Great Blue Heron displaying was seen at Rowland Lake along the Columbia River. We had been hiking in the Catherine Creek Natural Area and were on our way to Dog Mountain.

We were on our way to Catherine Creek Natural area to do some hiking and were passing Rowland Lake when this photo was taken. We would see him again as we drove away but then he would be displaying.

Standing guard in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

We photographed this heron in Stanley Park, Vancouver, while on a day's outing there. While watching and taking pictures, he suddenly snatched a large dragonfly out of the air and after holding it for a while, finally flipped it up and swallowed it.

The bird is a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), photographed on the Vancouver waterfront near Stanley Park. I am so excited about these shots - they are by far and away the best bird pictures I've taken, even though they are of a very common bird. The opportunity was perfect - we were walking from Stanley Park to the Vancouver waterfront when the heron landed in the trees around a small pond just a few yards from us. We nearly spoiled the opportunity, however, by fumbling around with lenses and nearly dropping one of them. Both shots are SOOC with nothing done to them at all.

A small park and fish hatchery near the waterfront in Bellingham, Washington. Please note the Great Blue Heron on the rocks in the foreground of the picture.

Great Blue Heron in flight taken downtown Bellingham, Washington, in Maritime Heritage Park.

Photographed along the waterfront near Stanley Park in Vancouver.

Photographed at Clayton Beach. He was fishing at the edge of an ebbing tide and as I approached flew away. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/clayton-bea...