Green Heron

Juvenile Cattle Egret.

Great Blue Heron

This GBH was actively hunting in this rapidly moving water.  These are very common birds here in central Florida but I never tire of watching and photographing them.  They are amazingly tolerant of people although I still exercise care not to cause them to give up their feeding and take flight.  I was out trying out my "new" lens.  I picked up a mint Nikon 70-300mm ED on ebay for $60.00.  It's amazing the deals you can find.  I previously bought a Nikon D1H for under $100.00 and this now gives me an outfit that I don't mind taking into the swamps and wetlands.

Snowy Egret Portrait

Another shot of a snowy egret taken at Ponce Inlet in Volusia County.  These birds hang out by the jetty and are very accustomed to people, especially the fisherman that give them handouts.  It's a photographer's paradise although it seems a little too easy to get close to these birds.  If you are at all interested in the technical aspects of photography I'll share with you the fact that this photo was taken with a Nikon D1H with all of 2.7 megapixels.  I never got on the more pixels are better train and just concentrate on focus, camera stability, low noise and getting in close to the subjects. 

Great Blue Heron

This GBH took a dunking in a valiant effort to capture lunch.  The fish got away, the bird got soaked and seemingly chagrined that I captured it for posterity.  A small frog paid the price a few moments later.  I missed that one.