Photographers are told that you ought to visualize the photo you want to take ahead of time. I’m not sure that they mean on the drive to your destination however. I had no problem visualizing the rookery full of great blue heron nests, with babies calling out to be fed and their parents flying in and out. But when we got there I could only see a couple of nests with great blue herons standing at attention minding the nests.
This is the first shot I took. Ah, thought I, Dad on guard, and that pile of feathers to the left must be Mom, laying on eggs.But the pile of feathers turned out to be these two ‘chicks’. Not little balls of fluff. And I now thought that maybe that was Mom, keeping an eye on things out out of reach of the little darlings.They were flapping those wings too, thinking of the places they’ll go. They were yapping at her, but she didn’t seem to be impressed.There are other ways to get your other’s attention however.The great blue herons were outnumbered by the great white egrets. And the egrets were still in the nest building and posing stage of things. Just like in the rookeries much closer to home.
I was told that we were a month late to see the great blue herons at the just hatched stage. And we think that our kids grow up too fast. But then there will be a new family to raise next year, and we’ll come back in January.
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4 thoughts on “The Vienna Rookery…”
Were you up a ladder or in a tree hide to get these great shots?
LOL, I just said the same thing to someone over her eagle shots. Just a very fun rookery to visit and know you’ll get a few pictures that you are happy with.
The rookery is a little island in the water, so no high trees. We were standing on the shore across the water and since that nest was lower than some of them I guess it really was at eye level.
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Were you up a ladder or in a tree hide to get these great shots?
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LOL, I just said the same thing to someone over her eagle shots. Just a very fun rookery to visit and know you’ll get a few pictures that you are happy with.
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But heron’s nests are usually high up in the trees, yes? Yet you look like you are on the same level.
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The rookery is a little island in the water, so no high trees. We were standing on the shore across the water and since that nest was lower than some of them I guess it really was at eye level.
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