On Saturday morning, instead of waking up at a normal time, I woke up at 5:00am. I decided to make the best of it and go out to try and photograph some birds in the morning light. I hopped in the truck and headed to Walden Ponds just east of Boulder, CO. I walked about a mile or so in and had not really seen many birds at all.
Over my head(and immediately out of view because of some trees), this Great Blue Heron flew by. The chase was on!
It landed all the way across one of the large ponds. It for sure saw me when I approached the pond and looked right at me.
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
ORDER: Pelecaniformes
FAMILY: Ardeidae
I watched it hunting for fish over by this tree, but it took off pretty quick after finding no food.
I did not think I'd get another shot of it, but I saw it one more time on my walk back to my truck. The bird was very photo shy, but I crept in close to get this shot.
What a beautiful bird.
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All photos taken with a Nikon D850 w/ a 200-500mm lens, with a 1.4x telephoto adapter.
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