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July 22, 2007
A great blue heron
On Saturday morning, I approached the Warden’s Watch very slowly, and found a young great blue heron on the stand all by himself.
Over the next half hour, I crept closer, maybe an inch a minute, and paused once in a while to enjoy my coffee.
The heron was aware of my presence but didn’t seem to mind.
I was probably within six feet of the Warden’s Watch at the end.
A photographer I had not met before arrived around 8 a.m., and I motioned him to approach gingerly.
He got the "quietly" part down pretty well, but his motions in setting up his tripod were too rapid, and the heron flew.
I was sorry to see him go, but it was a nifty half-hour.
What I learned from this is that one should walk quietly in the Celery Farm, and be on the alert. You never know what you might see around the next bend.
Here are a couple of other shots of Mr. H.
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Jim,
I saw the doe and fawn yesterday romping in the brook at the celery farm and took some pics. They didn’t seem bothered by me at all and were very healthy looking. I see you had the dad (buck) on your sight. Tom told me about this sight-it is wonderful.
sally t. -
Great job and that’s the way to do it! 🙂 Having the coffee must have helped as well!
Tripods can do more harm than good sometimes, it has happened to me 🙁 -
Wow! Great shots and great opportunity for a close-up and personal encounter.
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sally teschon
Jim,
I saw the doe and fawn yesterday romping in the brook at the celery farm and took some pics. They didn’t seem bothered by me at all and were very healthy looking. I see you had the dad (buck) on your sight. Tom told me about this sight-it is wonderful.
sally t.
Pedro
Great job and that’s the way to do it! 🙂 Having the coffee must have helped as well!
Tripods can do more harm than good sometimes, it has happened to me 🙁
Tom Burr
Wow! Great shots and great opportunity for a close-up and personal encounter.