Phil Lanoue Photography » Great Blue Heron

Well, the white pelicans are in and as usual they are dividing into little groups to fish the marsh pond area.  At one point, a great blue heron came gliding in and almost clipped the head of th...

https://phillanoue.com/2022/11/29/hey-pal-watch-your-feet/

Nice warm day with clear, bright blue sky and this great blue heron was doing a nice job of laying low and blending in among the reeds at the salt marsh. But, as soon as he decides to jump off in...

https://phillanoue.com/2019/02/06/blending-in-at-first/

Earlier this week in the salt marsh, we had a great blue heron showing off for the world. Maybe it was the bright sunshine, but the thing about blue herons is that they always think they have an ...

https://phillanoue.com/2019/01/12/strutting-his-stuff/

Well…I can’t believe another year has passed and most excitingly, in wildlife world, we still have some Roseate Spoonbills hanging around the marsh. It’s been 10 years since the spoonies ha...

https://phillanoue.com/2019/01/01/happy-2019/

It’s been fairly quiet over at the marsh recently, but here are a few visitors that we have seen coming and going. We had a great blue heron patiently waiting for a nice fish to swim into his h...

https://phillanoue.com/2017/02/02/recent-visitors/

So this afternoon we were out at the salt marsh watching a bald eagle that was sitting quietly in a pine tree up along the edge of the marsh. Suddenly the eagle was alert, he spotted a prize! A p...

https://phillanoue.com/2016/12/12/raise-the-black-the-pirate-is-back/

I thought this blue heron at the salt marsh on a recent late morning looked rather distinguished. He was alertly fishing but seemed to be doing it with style. 🙂

https://phillanoue.com/2016/12/05/stately-gentleman/

This great blue heron jetting across the reeds in the salt marsh was using every inch of his body to really streamline his flight. I’m not sure what the urgency was, but these birds often purpo...

https://phillanoue.com/2016/11/08/stretching-it-out/

Well, the entire marsh area where I generally do most of the wildlife photography was closed off due to damage and required repairs after Hurricane Matthew passed through. It reopened this past w...

https://phillanoue.com/2016/11/01/thats-right-youre-leaving/

I was watching this blue heron actively fishing along the edge of the reeds in the marsh. The heron looked quite serious about his task and when I saw his attack posture I assumed he must really ...

https://phillanoue.com/2016/09/16/its-not-much-but-its-something/