Great Blue Herons - Orchid Board

flhiker · #1 03-19-2008, 11:05 AM

Hi all, I bike ride at a place called Shark Valley in Everglades National park 1 or 2 nights a week. And Yesterday the Herons where very cooperative.

Ross · #2 03-19-2008, 11:07 AM

Excellent. You really live in a wonderful area to be able to see stuff like this anytime you want.

kiki-do · #3 03-19-2008, 11:40 AM

Awww! So nice to see birds like that....thanks!!!!

Dorothy · #4 03-19-2008, 12:02 PM

Awesome Dave

I have done a lot of birding in the past (which I intend to get back to) and have found these birds to be very elusive and private unlike the Snowy and Great White Herons (Egrets) which were always easier to observe ..
If you ever see the green coloration on the skin around the bill of an egret (mostly the Great Whites), occurring in the spring time, it's an indication they have reached sexual maturity - just a cool fun fact

Dave- have you ever seen a Little Blue Heron? They are a sight!

I have never seen a bird so 'blue' (aside from Mountain Bluebirds) before

http://www.audubon.org/news/pressroo...a_Erickson.jpg

cb977 · #5 03-19-2008, 12:22 PM

Thanks Dave

I love seeing all the different birds, Blue Heron included, whenever we take one of the riverboat rides on the Homosassa River. It's wonderful

Orchidophile · #6 03-19-2008, 12:36 PM

Nice shots! have you ever seen a night heron, I saw one once while I was in Sarasota.

khill · #7 03-19-2008, 01:24 PM

Very nice photos. They are awesome birds. I actually have seen the Night Heron out at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary here in Naples.

I also like to bird watch.

Dorothy · #8 03-19-2008, 01:26 PM

I have seen Black-crowned Night Herons ..I have seen them at the perching in trees and along the estuaries on the north shore of Long Island .. they waddle like penguins when they walk ..

Ever see a 'hell diver' or Pied-billed Grebe? They are one of my favorite water birds

Black-crowned night heron- http://www.birdingfaqs.com/A56%20Bla...ht%20Heron.JPG
Pied-billed grebe - http://www.geometer.org/TT2004/Florida/images/Grebe.jpg - Ain't it just the cutest thing !

Paul · #9 03-19-2008, 03:59 PM

nice pics, Dave!

flhiker · #10 03-19-2008, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orchidophile

Nice shots! have you ever seen a night heron, I saw one once while I was in Sarasota.

Yes I have seen them many times. Last evening we also saw a Tri-colored heron and red-winged blackbird, the picture were not that good so I didn't post them. But here they are anyway.