Every day we drive down the same road to our home. This road goes up and over hills, through fields of hay and corn and soybeans and then into a stand of trees. For the last month or so, I've seen these large nests way up high in the trees about 200 yards back from the road.
Now screaming down the country road at 60 miles per hour, there's not a whole lot of time to get a real good look at these birds. From the passenger side of the van, I knew they were big, with long legs and neck and were dark. The nests looked huge and were perched on the top of what looked like ancient oaks.
Today I decided to walk the 1/2 mile over to this stand of trees to take a picture of this mysterious bird. It's been nagging me; what in the heck is this bird? I took along my husband's expensive, but so worth it Nikon camera and the telephoto lens. Hey, he spent some of his retirement on the gear, so who am I to argue? It's still so worth the $ he spent!
The big damned birds are Herons. Great Blue Herons if Wiki is correct. Not a real sparse bird, but not real common here in WI. I did capture some very nice hi-res stills of males, females and infants. It's a hot day here in Wisconsin, so I really should've taken some water with, but it was worth it.
The mystery is solved!
Now screaming down the country road at 60 miles per hour, there's not a whole lot of time to get a real good look at these birds. From the passenger side of the van, I knew they were big, with long legs and neck and were dark. The nests looked huge and were perched on the top of what looked like ancient oaks.
Today I decided to walk the 1/2 mile over to this stand of trees to take a picture of this mysterious bird. It's been nagging me; what in the heck is this bird? I took along my husband's expensive, but so worth it Nikon camera and the telephoto lens. Hey, he spent some of his retirement on the gear, so who am I to argue? It's still so worth the $ he spent!
The big damned birds are Herons. Great Blue Herons if Wiki is correct. Not a real sparse bird, but not real common here in WI. I did capture some very nice hi-res stills of males, females and infants. It's a hot day here in Wisconsin, so I really should've taken some water with, but it was worth it.
The mystery is solved!
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