Today several pictures – the baby owls are getting close to flight. I saw this little one jump about a foot with it’s wings out from one branch to another this morning. It won’t be much longer until they’re off to explore the bigger world.
As I sat near the river this morning a pair of young white tail deer snuck up on me. They smelled me, but couldn’t figure out where I was, so one decided to go back from where they came, and the other (one looking at me) decided to continue on another path.
White tail deer – young buck.
White tail deer walking off into the woods.
Funniest thing I’ve seen in a while – a great blue heron running after a fish. It looked like a big awkward “Big Bird” running!
Great Blue Heron running to catch a fish!
It caught that fish, about 9 inches long. I think it was a small northern pike.
Great Blue Heron – caught fish.
Unlike catching a bullhead or small catfish where the fish’s spines can cause serious internal injuries and are therefor bludgeoned to death before swallowing, a pike can just be swallowed head first without much worry.
Great Blue Heron swallowing fish.
Great Blue Heron swallowing fish.
Great Blue Heron – shaking after a big meal.
I was walking and this great blue heron saw me just as it landed along the Crow River. They have very good vision and need a lot of space to take off, so they can be hard to photograph. This time I was able to capture a few shots of a great blue heron takeoff.
Great Blue Heron – just landed and saw me!
Great Blue Heron – a jump with wings spread to get started.
