Photos by Tag: Great blue heron
Breakfast is served
Great blue heron catches breakfast just offshore, Anacortes beach.
Feathered friends of Fidalgo & environs
Over the past several weeks I have collected an inventory of photos of “feathered Fidalgo friends,” otherwise known as birds. Images were collected at places including the lake, beaches and dunes of Deception Pass State Park, both sides of the bridge. At least one photo (immature bald) was taken in the Bay View area on […]
Great blue heron in wetland
There are many great blue herons in our region, especially along saltwater shorelines. I photographed this heron tucked away in a wetland area adjacent to the beach at Ship Harbor in Anacortes.
Heron in morning light
I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect morning in terms of natural light. This photograph features a Great Blue Heron flying from pilings to wetland, Cypress Island in the background.
Heron hygiene
A great blue heron preens while perched on a limb high above the ground at West Beach, Deception Pass State Park.
Heads up
Safe in a treetop near the edge of a parking lot, this great blue heron extends for a look around. West Beach, Deception Pass State Park.
Morning reflection
A great blue heron enjoys some morning down time, reflecting at the edge of water near Edison, Skagit County.
Ruffled feathers
There was a break in rain, but strong morning winds and occasional gusts made life interesting for birds on the Skagit Flats Tuesday. It was interesting to watch birds of all sizes struggling to fly from Point A to Point B. I’m guessing they worked up quite an appetite.
If there is a heron, there is water…
Great blue heron in wetland near east Fidalgo Island shoreline.
Blue heron by the numbers
A great blue heron relaxes Monday morning on a piling just offshore at Ship Harbor in Anacortes. Birds that seasonally occupy the numbered nests have departed, their posts taken by herons, cormorants and gulls.