Nested in a giant tree on Little Goose Creek in Sheridan, Wyoming, we found these amazing Great Blue Herons, complete with chicks. I was using a X30 optical zoom and still some of the cropped ones are fuzzy. I’ll try to get back there before I leave, but with no tripod, I probably won’t get any better results. Still figuring out my new camera.
The Peace Of Wild Things – Poem by Wendell Berry
When despair grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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They are really majestic birds. I guess there is a lake or river nearby? Those nests must be HUGE. Terrific pictures!
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Yes. A creek and a wetlands nearby.
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I adore blue herons. 🙂
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Me, too. I’ve never seen this many together before…I’ve only seen them singly, at the shore. (accidental rhyme.)
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Me, too. I’ve never seen this many together before…I’ve only seen them singly, at the shore. (accidental rhyme.)
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Stunning pictures! Even the fuzzy ones!
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Amazing shots! And the poem is one we should’ve learned in school!
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Thank you great photo’s these birds are traffic love to watch
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We have four that visit a house lot near our school. Fun to watch!
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What an amazing sight… a wonderful thing to come across.. They look like they’re thriving to me.. very fine.
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We’ll have to try to find these next year. I’ll look forward to getting the directions from your sister via you when you have time!
janet
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