Since we have been seeing the Night Heron every morning lately, I decided he needed a name. Nathanial seemed like a good one.
Spunk thinks he’s much more adorable than a stinking night heron!
Nathanial Night Heron
Tag: night heron
Night Heron Takes Flight
Morning cloud
The Night Heron didn’t let me get very close to it before it took flight this morning.
Marble soaking up sunrise
Mama Dove this afternoon
Night Heron @ Sunrise
Sunrise
Night Heron
Spunk
Thunderhead @ sunset
Night Heron @ Sunset
Dr. Huey
Posing like he’s going to be on the cover of the Heron’s Quarterly.
Shaking it up
He has a featherdo like Mo of the Three Studges
Day Of The Night-Heron
A Black-crowned Night-Heron was in the clearwater ditch just before noon.
Night Heron
Night Heron flying over the Rio Grande at dusk.
Bazooka’s First Bats
As the dusk turned to darkness, bats fluttered around, buzzing by me with their quick, erratic flight patterns. I tried my best to focus on their silhouettes and capture their erratic movements. These are the results of Bazooka’s (my large 400mm lens) first bats.
Bazooka’s first squirrel.
Bazooka’s first Night Heron at night.
The Night Heron at night brought to light.
Night Heron @ Night
We started our walk on the ditch after sundown last light. As we were walking north on the levee, this Night Heron flew up in the tree along the clearwater ditch. He perched very close to us. Night Herons are usually very timid. Maybe he felt secure in the darkness because he stayed perched on the branch in clear view and turned from one side to the other as I snapped photos of him.
Night Heron @ Sunset
Night Heron
Off Center & Not Even 