We’re heading into that time of year where shooting gets difficult at Brick Pond, or for that matter, everywhere. Vegetation is on steroids this year making a clean shot more the exception than the rule. And the temperature! It’s probably cooler in Florida!
But the birds don’t seem to notice, so you suck it up and get out there and deal with it.

Which is a good thing I did, because I got to see and photograph a series of shots that was pretty cool. It a series of sequential shots of a Green Heron, which Brick Pond has plenty of. Normally you think of them as a slightly goofy, happy go lucky kind of bird. Not as pretty as a Wood duck or wary as a Great Blue Heron, but when it comes to hunting for food they are deadly serious. And accurate. Click on the images to enlarge.

I’ll show the next 5 images sequentially as they happened without comment. I’ll save that for after.

What a reach this bird had!!! And the way they can hang their whole body weight parallel to the water is pretty impressive too. But the amazing thing to me was when I checked the timestamps on the first and last image in that sequence. It started at 5:51:57am and ended up at 5:51:58am. One friggin second. Wow. But just another day at the breakfast bar for this bird. Maybe they deserve a little more respect!
Hope you enjoyed them!