Green Heron with a frog
Sep 18, 2018 20:14:04 #
I thought that the green herons might have left from our area in KY for this year, but I saw this one at the end of last week. The site was McConnell Springs, a beautiful, and historic, walking trail park surrounded by an industrial section of Lexington, KY.
GreenHeronWithFrog13Sep2018_066 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr
GreenHeronWithFrog13Sep2018_111 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr
GreenHeronWithFrog13Sep2018_066 by Marshall Smith, on FlickrGreenHeronWithFrog13Sep2018_111 by Marshall Smith, on FlickrSep 19, 2018 05:56:53 #
Very cool captures, bluezzzzz! Love how in the 2nd pic it looks like the frog is jumping right into the heron's waiting mouth! lol
Sep 19, 2018 07:51:21 #
Sep 19, 2018 08:01:22 #
Great set and great timing on that second shot!! 
Sep 19, 2018 08:11:28 #
Carolina Wings wrote:
Great set and great timing on that second shot!!
Ha! High Speed Continuous gets all the credit for that!
Glad you liked it.
Sep 19, 2018 12:41:18 #
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Sep 19, 2018 20:32:10 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
I thought that the green herons might have left fr... (show quote)
Very nice, bluezzzzz
Sep 19, 2018 20:34:30 #
Sep 19, 2018 21:21:09 #
JeffDavidson wrote:
Very nice captures. #2 is slightly soft.
Yep, you are right. I hesitated to post that one but still wanted to share that moment when they flip their catch and position it how they want to swallow it.
I've successfully frozen that flip with blue herons, but greens are even faster, and I should have used a faster shutter speed than 1/250th.
Sep 20, 2018 08:33:40 #
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