Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron fishes in the quiet of early evening beneath a small pier at a kid’s fishing pond in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal black-and-white photograph, a modest wooden pier extends from shore, reached by a narrow walkway that angles into the scene. Framed by soft foliage along the bank, the heron stands beneath the structure, nearly silhouetted, its long form poised and intent. Its reflection stretches into the dark water in the lower left of the frame, echoing its stillness. Beyond, the pond and distant shoreline blend into a smooth, mirrored backdrop, completing the calm, layered composition.

A great blue heron fishes in the quiet of early evening beneath a small pier at a kid’s fishing pond in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdofTheDay #ClassicMono
#Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #wetland #wetlands #herons #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron

‪For today's #BirdOfTheDay #FeederFriends + alt. #Waders #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #WCK #birds #Canon #HouseSparrow #GreatBlueHeron
Saturdays my friends & I used to walk the lake, & we usually stop at a local bakery, where this house sparrow forsook feeders for a table watch...

#waders #greatblueheron #heron

Today's alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #waders

Here is a great blue heron looking right at you.

#greatblueheron #heron #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #wadingbirds #largebirds #🪶

Large, blue-tinged bird with its wings fully outstretched and long, thin legs extended in front of it comes in for a landing on a limestone rock. River in the background.

The #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Waders. Any wading bird.
This great blue heron comes in for a landing on some riprap near the spillway of Saylorville Dam in central Iowa.
📷 #Fujifilm #FinepixS1
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #heron #GreatBlueHeron

A heron preening its feathers in soft natural light. The simple background and clean composition keep the focus on the eye and fine feather details.

By: Dmytro Koplyk

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📸 SONY, ILCE-7RM4A
600.0mm ƒ/8.0
1/2000s
ISO 500

#texture #animal #bird #wildlife #feather #closeUp #heron #natureCloseUp #animalPortrait #macroPhotography #greatBlueHeron

Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron catches a bluegill in a pocket of open water surrounded by ice during the final winter light in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the heron stands nearly body-deep in a small opening in the frozen pond near the shoreline. Shown in right profile, the bird's head feathers lift and curl as it wrestles with the fish. The last rays of sunlight strike the fish and the front of the heron, setting them aglow against a background of solid, frozen ice.

A great blue heron catches a bluegill in a pocket of open water surrounded by ice during the final winter light in Longmont, Colorado.

#FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #FeederFriends #Waders #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #heron #herons #greatblueheron #greatblueherons

Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron flies across a pond at one of my favorite nature areas in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal color photograph, the heron is captured in left profile, wings fully extended as it glides. Its legs and feet trail behind, and its neck is tucked tightly against its body. The background is softly blurred, revealing the opposite shoreline with rocks, last season’s cattails, and the pond.

A great blue heron flies across a pond at one of my favorite nature areas in Longmont, Colorado.

#FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #FeederFriends #Waders #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #birdphotography #heron #herons #greatblueheron #greatblueherons

A Great Blue Heron rests on a bare branch at the top of a tree. All blue sky behind.

Tree top heron.

#GreatBlueHeron #birds #birdsofbluesky #photography

Bluesky melted down today and made it so hardly anyone saw this dapper punk #GreatBlueHeron, which I posted for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Headshots. Thanks, incompetent slop robot!

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #headshots with an alternate theme of #seagulls

Here is a #GreatBlueHeron #Ringbilledgull #CacklingGoose and #greatEgret

#wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #animalportraiture #🪶

Close-up of a Great Blue Heron's head and beak

The #GreatBlueHeron who often hangs around the beaver pond and is one of its main attractions. I don't think it's gone to his head. (Come to think of it, reminds me of the #pensiveBenAffleck pics I've seen.) For today's #birdoftheday theme of #headshots. #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA

Photo by Kort Duce A close-up portrait of a great blue heron brimming with attitude, captured in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the composition is tightly cropped in post-production, focusing intensely on the heron’s head. Its beak is open in apparent annoyance, with the upper portion extending beyond the frame. The bird is shown in left profile, showcasing its signature yellow eye and orangish-yellow beak. Captured with a 45-megapixel Canon R5 Mark II and an RF 100–500mm f/8 lens, the image reveals exceptional detail in the feathers, eye, and beak. The background is fully blurred, consisting of yellowed vegetation from the previous season, with subtle dark vignetting around the edges. The heron’s bold attitude commands attention and brings the image vividly to life.

A close-up portrait of a great blue heron brimming with attitude, captured in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdofTheDay #HeadShots #Gulls #ECK
#EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Leaving The Pond, Before The Storm ~ #birds #birds🪶 #heron #greatblueheron #raptor #nature #wildlife #photography #michigan #wetlands

A headshot, in profile, of a Great Blue Heron with its head feathers fluffed out. It stands in strong light against a dark background.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Headshots. This fluffy #GreatBlueHeron is ready for its closeup. This is also, of course, a neckshot.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #heron #herons #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #GreatBlueHerons

They were elusive today.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #nikon #photography #heron #greatblueheron #bluesky #urbanwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Hello, Great Blue Heron family!

#birds #GreatBlueHeron #Herons #wildlife

Two large gray birds are perched on a nest of twigs in the top of a tall tree. These are Great Blue Herons. Great Blue Herons are mostly monogamous during a single breeding season. Once a pair forms through courtship, they generally remain together to build the nest, incubate eggs, and raise young, with both parents sharing duties. However, they do not form lifelong bonds; most individuals choose new mates each year. This photo was taken in Essex County in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York.

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #CourtshiporConflict, I submit this Great Blue Heron pair, cementing their relationship. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#greatblueheron #herons #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #birds #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK #NewYorkBirds

Nest Engineers Hard at Work

#photography #naturephotography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #omsystem #nature #greatblueheron

A solitary great blue heron is standing in shallow still water, she and her reflection centered in a grey field of glass-like water.

#SomethingBeautiful #SkagitWA archive- #greatblueheron fishing in #PadillaBay in #blackandwhite

#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections
#PadillaBayWa #blackandwhitephotography

A Great Blue Heron stands motionless in shallow blue water, its long neck stretched upward and sharp beak pointed forward. The still water creates a near-perfect mirror reflection of the bird below. Sparse aquatic grass and floating vegetation surround it.

Great Blue Heron standing still in a pond, nature hiding in plain sight.
3-2026

#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #GreatBlueHeron #BirdPhotography #SonyAlpha

Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron fishes at dusk at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal color photograph, a weathered log stretches across the pond from left to right. At the left of center, a heron stands on one leg, intent on the water below as it hunts. The scene is almost perfectly mirrored on the pond's surface, reflecting both the bird and the branch. Soft, twilight clouds and the deepening blue of the twilight sky ripple gently in the water. It's a striking, contemplative scene-capturing the quiet beauty of the natural world.

A great blue heron fishes at dusk at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #Robins
#ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons #birdphotographyl

Great Blue Heron standing in the water with an upside-down great blue heron reflected under him that's partially cut off

A Greater Yellowlegs that is fully reflected in the pool below it.

A Northern Shoveler with two Mallards, their heads all tucked down, their reflections below them & reeds above them.

The bird of the day theme is Reflection today, so here's a Great Blue Reflection and a Greater Yellowreflection and some Duckflection.

#reflection #birdoftheday #greatblueheron #greateryellowlegs #northernshoveler #mallard

Happy Tuesday 🩵🕊️
#ColorADay #BlueTue #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #GreatBlueHeron #scape #beach #florida #nature #outdoors #stormhour #ECK #PhotographersUnited
#AnimalArtTuesday

What’s Up Doc? 🤣 #birds #birds🪶 #greatblueheron #heron #raptor #nature #metropark #michigan #nature #wildlife #photography

Great blue heron

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Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron fishes at a state park in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, a heron stands in mid-leg–deep water while foraging along St. Vrain State Park. It faces the camera with a slight left profile visible, its head and beak angled downward in an intense, focused gaze. Its reflection is nearly perfect in the still water. The background features a mix of last year’s cattails and fresh new growth.

A great blue heron fishes at a state park in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #Robins #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons #birdphotography

Sunrise in Havre de Grace
#sunrise #water #greatblueheron #morning

Great blue heron with lavender-colored feathers in flight, its wings spread and its underside facing the camera.

I did see this beauty.

#greatblueheron
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky

Being kissed by the sun.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #nikon #photography #heron #greatblueheron #bluesky #urbanwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography