Great Blue Heron Love
by Judi Dressler
Title
Great Blue Heron Love
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This male Great Blue Heron flew in with a stick for his sweetie to put in the nest, and she was swooning over him, pointing her beak up to the sky, dipping down with her wings spread, and generally putting on a show to express her gratitude to him. It was nesting season, and the herons had set up house in a nest from the previous year, and were improving it, an annual ritual where the male brings sticks and the female finds the perfect place to put them in the nest.
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 March 9, 2018, in Lakewood, Colorado
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Comments (14)
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous close up photograph of a pair of Great Blue Herons in their nest, with great pose, colors, timing, and composition, Judi! F/L
Catherine Robertson
This is a most stunning picture, Judi ! The clarity and the tenderness are as lovely as the birds themselves. Great picture !
William Tasker
Judi, this is spectacular! Vivid, storytelling and just plain awesome! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Dawn Currie
Judi, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!