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.

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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.

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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.

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