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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

10/16/2005 10:57:56 PM · #1

Nailed this fella as a walked by the stream shooting bug shots with my 80-400VR lens attached (it's good for keeping far from creepy bugs but good enough to get a close shot) then I heard a squark and when I looked up this guy was taking to the sky, he was a big bird I thought at first a heron but I know nothing about birds at all.

rox_rox

Canon EOS-20D

10/16/2005 11:01:56 PM · #2

Looks like a great blue heron to me. Nice shot BTW.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

10/16/2005 11:04:48 PM · #3

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

Looks like a great blue heron to me. Nice shot BTW.

hey thanx.. it was a swing and snap type shot and it is tightly cropped, he got up and away so fast i bearly had time to turn around.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

10/16/2005 11:08:56 PM · #4

Looks familiar:

vtruan

Nikon D5100

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon

10/16/2005 11:10:13 PM · #5

Depends on where your heron was shot. In North America correct, but if in Japan or Europe it maybe A Grey Heron. They are very difficult to separate.

Fujifilm FinePix S6000/6500 FD

10/16/2005 11:12:21 PM · #6

oh he was shot in Japan, and in a city too, its a big city with a bit of greenary on the outside with a small lake and a stream, I go there to get away from it all... never seen one of these birds wild and ive been here 8 years... lol

thanks must be a heron.

Brenb

Canon EOS-60D

10/16/2005 11:12:53 PM · #7

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

Looks like a great blue heron to me. Nice shot BTW.

Yes that's what it is. Did you take that in Japan? We have a lot here in Texas and I love watching them around the lake. Nice catch!

Well you answered my question before I got it posted. I was asking because we lived in Okinawa 8 years and I don't remember ever seeing any Great Blue Herons there. It sure looks like one though.

Message edited by author 2005-10-16 23:15:07.

pikaboo

10/16/2005 11:13:22 PM · #8

It's a TerryDaktil!!!