The Story Behind the Photo: White Pelican Harassing a Great Blue Heron
I was photographing White Pelicans on the Mississippi River. There were also several Egrets and Great Blue Herons fishing in a shallow bay below the levee. The Mississippi river was near flood stage and the river was flowing quickly, so…
The Story Behind the Photo: Tricolored Heron with 2 Fish
Tricolored Heron with 2 Fish Photo Story We stayed at the Excellence Resort in Punta Cana. The resort had an Ecological Park that turned out to be a great place for bird photography. Each morning and evening while at the…
Photographing the Great Blue Heron Rookery at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Photographing Great Blue Herons at a rookery provides many good photo opportunities. Photographs can be taken of the Great Blue Herons in flight, building their nests, courting, caring for their young, and squabbling with each other. The Herons begin arriving…
Southwest Florida Bird Photography – Venice Rookery
We just returned from a short, yet productive photography trip to Southwest Florida in early March, 2011. We used Siesta Key near Sarasota as our home base. We visited the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, the Venice Rookery, and Myakka River State…
