I tried to switch to the iPhone and slightly bumped the blind on the window and it flew away. That noise couldn't have been heard by the bionic woman yet it spooked that bird.
Showing posts with label Blue Heron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Heron. Show all posts
Friday, April 22, 2011
Blue Heron on Shellpot Creek
Saw the Blue Heron on Shellpot creek this morning. Pictures are pretty good, but still no video.
I tried to switch to the iPhone and slightly bumped the blind on the window and it flew away. That noise couldn't have been heard by the bionic woman yet it spooked that bird.
I tried to switch to the iPhone and slightly bumped the blind on the window and it flew away. That noise couldn't have been heard by the bionic woman yet it spooked that bird.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Blue Heron on Shellpot Creek - Video
After complaining of the difficulty of taking pictures of the Blue Heron that frequents Shellpot Creek behind my house, I was able to get it hunting fish on video.
In the video above watch it dive after a fish and ruffle its wings.
Here is a brief moment of flight that I mostly missed.
Someday I will get a better camera with a sharper telephoto lens and a blue heron blind and I will be set.
In the video above watch it dive after a fish and ruffle its wings.
Here is a brief moment of flight that I mostly missed.
Someday I will get a better camera with a sharper telephoto lens and a blue heron blind and I will be set.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Still difficult to photograph a Blue heron on Shellpot Creek
A friend that was babysitting understand my obsession with recording the wildlife on Shellpot Creek tried to get a photo of the Blue Heron on Saturday. Her efforts equaled my own in this task and she suffered the same difficulties.
The blue heron is very skittish and takes flight at the slightest noise, I think it can hear us inside the house. Invariably it is also walking up the creek so it tends to be a moving target for the picture. Still I think she got a good shot. This is probably the fifth or sixth time we have seen it, usually flying up the creek.
The blue heron is very skittish and takes flight at the slightest noise, I think it can hear us inside the house. Invariably it is also walking up the creek so it tends to be a moving target for the picture. Still I think she got a good shot. This is probably the fifth or sixth time we have seen it, usually flying up the creek.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Great Blue Heron on Shellpot Creek
I was able to get two very bad pictures of the Blue Heron that frequents the Shellpot Creek right in back of my house.
This bird or birds has found a good cache of very large minnows that it likes to eat. The difficulty I have had in getting pictures is that any noise or movement frightens it away and it flies on up or down the creek. Even slow movement inside the house scares the thing away, so when I stumble and bump along to grab my camera to take a picture it is gone. Today I was able to quietly get the camera and take these through the screen and the sliding glass doors. But the zoom in my shaky hands unaided by a tripod means they are blurry.
I think they are clear enough to positively identify the bird and claim it as documented by a photo. Someday I will get a better one.
This bird or birds has found a good cache of very large minnows that it likes to eat. The difficulty I have had in getting pictures is that any noise or movement frightens it away and it flies on up or down the creek. Even slow movement inside the house scares the thing away, so when I stumble and bump along to grab my camera to take a picture it is gone. Today I was able to quietly get the camera and take these through the screen and the sliding glass doors. But the zoom in my shaky hands unaided by a tripod means they are blurry.
I think they are clear enough to positively identify the bird and claim it as documented by a photo. Someday I will get a better one.
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