#ardidae

Prompts

The wetlands are abundant with juvenile great blue herons such as these; They are nearly as big as their parents, who were often away from the nest hunting for their hungry young.  3/31/18

What an elegant boy-o

Burnaby Lake, BC

Vancouver, BC

Reifel migratory bird sanctuary, BC

Awkward adolescence. 

So, while I was photographing a Great Blue Heron hunting I noticed it abruptly turned around and ran towards the main trail. When I crossed the bridge to see what was going on, I noticed a small group of herons all waiting, expectantly. After a few seconds an elderly couple walked by and all the herons got excited. One of the couple tossed a full sized fish fillet on the ground and within a few seconds one heron ate the whole thing.