Great Blue Heron Taking Off

I got back to the John Heinz Nature Preserve this morning and there again was my Great Blue Heron close to the shore line. He let me get up pretty close and while watching he caught and ate two fish. Then rinsed his mouth, looked up in the sky and flew away. If you…

I was taking pictures of a yellow jacket eating an aphid (see slide show at www.kittykono.com) when I heard a loud squawking. I looked up and saw a great blue heron rise up from the pond and land way up in a tree. I didn’t have the right lens, but still thought I would…