The heron I see every day at the same spot in my frequent searches for an elusive kingfisher. Nothing special about this picture, but I like how the back plumage stands out.

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  • mishmish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    15 days ago

    It’s a beautiful photo! I see a great blue heron frequently near my apartment, but I never am able to get such a detailed picture.

    • Luca Perotti@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Thanks :)

      It was really close, to take that profile full-figure shot I had to back up to the side several meters and hold the camera as low as possible in the ditch. That is taken at 400mm.

      At 800mm I got very personal with it:

  • KevinFRK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    15 days ago

    I like the tidiness of the feathers on its back - the Grey Herons round here (Reading, UK) tend to scruffiness!

    • Luca Perotti@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      8·
      15 days ago

      Thanks for the eyebrows-rising comment, let’s try to get some useful infos going: this picture was taken in Bayern, Germany, where herons migrate for winter (blue areas in the picture)

      I assume “DC metro area” means North America? No native grey herons there I think, but local? Almost all American citizens descend from people who self-imported themselves in NA, but I would surely call them local ;)

    • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      15 days ago

      Huh? Maybe I’m missing the joke. Great blue herons are native to the DC area IIRC.

      This isn’t there, but herons are too cool.

      OC