And they're Off. Mallard and Great Blue Heron Race
by Judi Dressler
Title
And they're Off. Mallard and Great Blue Heron Race
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Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
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I was driving down a dirt road when I spied these two, a Mallard and Great Blue Heron swimming in a pond, so I stopped for a photo from my window. No sooner had I stopped than the two of them took off flying!
From Cornell's website: "Male Great Blue Herons collect much of the nest material, gathering sticks from the ground and nearby shrubs and trees, and from unguarded and abandoned nests, and presenting them to the female. She weaves a platform and a saucer-shaped nest cup, lining it with pine needles, moss, reeds, dry grass, mangrove leaves, or small twigs. Nest building can take from 3 days up to 2 weeks; the finished nest can range from a simple platform measuring 20 inches across to more elaborate structures used over multiple years, reaching 4 feet across and nearly 3.5 feet deep. Ground-nesting herons use vegetation such as salt grass to form the nest."
Photo taken on April 21, 2018, in Lakewood, Colorado
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Tied for 1st Place in FAA's DUCKS GEESE OR SWANS WITH OTHER BIRDS contest, 10/2/2021
This image won an FAA contest in 2019, but I didn't put it in my notes in time, so I don't remember which contest it was...
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #20 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Kelly Mills
This is absolutely unbelievably gorgeous! Nominating your artwork for a special feature in the 1000 Views Group
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any other appropriate Archives l/f/p
Shoal Hollingsworth
Congratulations on your 1st place finish in the Ducks, Geese and Swans with Other Birds contest.
Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your William'ss Weekly Wowie win in the Wild Birds Of The World group! LF
Debra Martz
Not everyday one can get the opportunity of two species, close to each, and taking flight at the same time! Excellent timing, Judi, and fabulous clarity! Congratulations on winning a Wowie in the group Wild Birds of the World!
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this amazingly outstanding action photograph, Judi! Congratulations that your photo received a Weekly Wow by William! F/L
William Tasker
Judi, you won a WOWIE! This awesome image has been chosen as one of the William's Wows found in the discussions tab of the group, Wild Birds Of The World.
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