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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Brian Bailey on September 02, 2013, 09:20:45 PM

Title: Egret & Green Heron in Humber Marshes
Post by: Brian Bailey on September 02, 2013, 09:20:45 PM

Bird Activity was fairly quiet in the Humber Marshes on Saturday.  one Great Egret posed nicely for photos:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3783/9660757910_09f4ac993d_b.jpg)
I drifted so close I had to zoom out!  Then, I still managed to back slowly out again without the egret ever moving from his perch.

Later I found a similarly cooperative Green Heron.  I got stuck in the mud before I could test the limits of close approach.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/9660676420_b70c8180a4_b.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/9660685114_1296afca26_b.jpg)
I missed the stab, but got the re-positioning toss, and the clamp down:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/9657453089_99d058c88f_b.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3714/9660685156_03c69992fc_b.jpg)

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Title: Re: Egret & Green Heron in Humber Marshes
Post by: cairnstone on September 02, 2013, 10:29:02 PM

Awesome

Title: Re: Egret & Green Heron in Humber Marshes
Post by: Photoman on September 03, 2013, 07:55:04 PM

Nice work.

Clemens 8)

Title: Re: Egret & Green Heron in Humber Marshes
Post by: Brian Bailey on September 10, 2013, 10:54:55 PM

Thanks.  I find that many birds appear less threatened by a kayak and tolerate much closer approach than they would if I was on foot, particularly if I can drift slowly toward them.

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Title: Re: Egret & Green Heron in Humber Marshes
Post by: Irene on September 11, 2013, 02:18:26 PM

Beautiful!