He stood so still I nearly missed him.
Posts Tagged ‘blue heron’
blue heron
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, blue heron, Emerald Necklace, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, wildlife on October 18, 2017| 6 Comments »
heron’s feet
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, blue heron, Inspiration, Mystic River, nature, nature photography, Photography, urban landscape on November 27, 2016| 5 Comments »
I did indeed photograph the whole bird as it stood on a log in the Mystic River. I was hoping it might take flight but it didn’t and so I began to focus on the one thing moving — the water rippling as it flowed over the heron’s feet.
The Heron
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blue heron, Charles River, nature, Photography on September 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
If I had had my camera in hand today as I walked home along the Charles River, would I have seen the Great Blue Heron? Would it have walked toward me, coming so close that I could see the wind ruffling its feathers, so close that I could see the gradations in color that give the bird its name? I don’t think so. I think I would have been too concerned by the thing in my hand to notice the bird fishing at the water’s edge.
And of all that I saw of that great bird, what do I remember most?
When it raised its head and sighted its golden eye upon me.
