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Nov 29, 2011 20:45:38   #
belwj Loc: Berkshires, Ma
 
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Great Blue
Great Blue...

Little Blue
Little Blue...

Green
Green...

Tri Colored
Tri Colored...

Tiger
Tiger...

Night
Night...

Bull Billed (eerie looking criter!)
Bull Billed (eerie looking criter!)...

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Nov 29, 2011 21:07:03   #
SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA
 
here are some from my heron collection...

greenie
greenie...

'nother greenie
'nother greenie...

great blue
great blue...

great blue up close
great blue up close...

American bittern
American bittern...

bittern trying to blend into the reeds...
bittern trying to blend into the reeds......

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Nov 29, 2011 21:26:28   #
SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA
 
sorry, duplicate post... server problems...

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Nov 29, 2011 21:35:48   #
belwj Loc: Berkshires, Ma
 
SQUIRL033 wrote:
here are some from my heron collection...


Very nice.

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Nov 30, 2011 06:25:15   #
SUSIE Q Loc: Colton, California
 
SQUIRL033 wrote:
here are some from my heron collection...


OOOOhhhh.....I like the last one....very interesting!

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Nov 30, 2011 09:50:25   #
dcphototaker Loc: Bluffton, South Carolina
 
These photos are fabulous. I am experimenting taking pics of a blue heron who chooses to land on the far side of the lagoon behind my house. Hoping he decides to land on my side of the lagoon soon!

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Nov 30, 2011 13:07:34   #
gmccaleb Loc: East KY / South AL
 
Me,too..dcphototaker. I chase those buggers all over the place! Going to have to get a bigger lens.
Great pics..Squirl033 and bewlj..mind sharing what size lens you used? Maybe I could write a letter to Santa :)

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Nov 30, 2011 13:23:17   #
Milocat
 
I don't know the name of the first bird. It was wading along the river bank.

This heron was behind some reeds. His chest feathers are green, I don't know if that's just a reflection from the water or he has an algae problem.

water bird
water bird...

GBH
GBH...

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Nov 30, 2011 13:35:56   #
madcapmagishion
 
A lucky shot of a GBH(?) yesterday morning. He wouldn't let me get any closer than about 75-100' maybe, so this is the best I could do. I got up to about 50' earlier but he got antsy and flew away, and returned about an hour later for this shot.

OHH yeah this was taken with my 55-300mm VR on my Nikon D3100



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Nov 30, 2011 13:54:51   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
There are dozens of Blues around here in the wetlands, and a good many night herons and big white egrets as well. I haven't taken any shots for a while but here are some from last year. The top one was taken about an hour after I got my 100-400 last year, and was pure luck.









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Nov 30, 2011 13:59:40   #
SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA
 
gmccaleb wrote:
Me,too..dcphototaker. I chase those buggers all over the place! Going to have to get a bigger lens.
Great pics..Squirl033 and bewlj..mind sharing what size lens you used? Maybe I could write a letter to Santa :)


i used either a Sigma EX80-400 (no longer made) or a Canon 100-400 for these shots, except for the GBH closeup, which was shot with a Panasonic FZ20 with an Olympus 1.4x teleconverter. with the exception of the heron with a fish, which was about 25 yards away, all were taken within 30 feet, and several were shot from half that distance.

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Nov 30, 2011 15:17:43   #
birdie
 
What part of the country are you in or do you travel to get all these. I specifically have not heard of the tiger, and do not find it in my books. Does it have another name or is this a certain phase? Some of those are common here in Oregon, several are not. I'll send some of those I do have.I have very few Black crowned night heron, nothing very good. A lot of the GBH. I have had several opportunities with the little green

black crowned night heron
black crowned night heron...

A close encounter with this GBH
A close encounter with this GBH...

A favorite shot
A favorite shot...

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Nov 30, 2011 15:34:36   #
SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA
 
birdie wrote:
What part of the country are you in or do you travel to get all these. I specifically have not heard of the tiger, and do not find it in my books. Does it have another name or is this a certain phase? Some of those are common here in Oregon, several are not. I'll send some of those I do have.I have very few Black crowned night heron, nothing very good. A lot of the GBH. I have had several opportunities with the little green


it's a real specie. the one in the OP's photo is an immature bird; as adults, they more closely resemble the green heron in appearance. they live mostly in Central America, and are very rarely seen in the US, which is why you've probably never seen one in Oregon... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-throated_Tiger_Heron

belwj, where were you when you got that shot? vacation in Mexico, maybe?

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Nov 30, 2011 15:46:23   #
birdie
 
[quote=SQUIRL033]
gmccaleb wrote:
Me,too..dcphototaker. I cas shot with a Panasonic FZ20 with an Olympus 1.4x teleconverter. with the exception of the heron with a fish, which was about 25 yards away, all were taken within 30 feet, and several were shot from half that distance.

You've got some pretty powerful lenses there. I shoot with a 300mmQuantray. I previously used a teleconverter 2x, on a 300mm lens but it just did not convert well to my digital. I never liked the quality, works, just not really sharp.You also must like playing down in the marsh and weeds, and skulking around in the boonies.

A little over extended, gave up.
A little over extended, gave up....



caught a tadpole a minute later
caught a tadpole a minute later...

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Nov 30, 2011 16:04:17   #
SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA
 
birdie wrote:
You've got some pretty powerful lenses there. I shoot with a 300mmQuantray. I previously used a teleconverter 2x, on a 300mm lens but it just did not convert well to my digital. I never liked the quality, works, just not really sharp.You also must like playing down in the marsh and weeds, and skulking around in the boonies.


yeah, the 100-400 is a pretty good all-around wildlife lens. i've tried converters, but even with a lens as good as the Canon 100-400, i found that i lost too much image quality, the results were hit-and-miss, and it cost me too much in terms of shutter speed. the Quantaray lenses are a bit less sharp than the Canons to begin with, and adding a TC would probably affect the image quality even more. BTW, you're right... i do love skulking around in the boonies, but all of those shots were taken from the boardwalks at a park i used to live close to. it's a city park that includes a lot of lakeside wetlands and marsh area, so it's perfect for photographing waterfowl and shore birds like herons.

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