I got to go riding around awhile today before I start my medicine for tomorrow then I'll have to stay pretty close to "home".  
  The ones of the heron would have been better but I shot it out of the car and right into the sun.  When I first drove by the pond it was down in the water and I thought it was a duck with something. I stopped, backed up, and seen what it was grabbed the camera and fired off a couple before this guy came up behind me in a RV.  By the time I got pulled out of the way and across the road he flew off with his fish. He didn't have any problem flying with it even though it was pretty good size.  
Bird on a wire.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Brokeback Pine.  
Fisherman.
Should of seen the one that got away!

As always, comments and criticisms are well deserved.

I've been trying to capture one of these guys for a long time...they always fly off when I get close.  This morning, I was able to get a few shots off.....I think they are called green night herons.  If I'm wrong on that, please correct me.

Hope y'all enjoy!

Well I was just goofing around at the Morton Arboretum again today.
Ginko Leaves
This is how it looked out of the box, but then I tried these just for fun on the computer:
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Then I took these:
Blue Heron
Lime Sorry, it's a flower...

Black Crowned Night Heron

A Beautiful Great Blue Heron In  Flight

I was out taking pictures yesterday & imagine my surprise when I saw thisBlack Crowned Night Heron. According to my Audubon book he usually feeds only at night, so imagine my surprise when I got these photos! one more
In addition I also got these shots of a Yellow Rumped Warbler which the quality isn't 100% but I thought he looked like a little bandit.where his name comes from.

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standing tall

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First off, these are for the theme 1 2

Odds-n-ends
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3    4
5    6
7    8

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Since tonight seems to be "bird night", I'll add a few to the pile.  I took these last Friday before I left to go to TN.  

Bath time

Eating

Enjoying the sun

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On these, I didn't do anything major.  Just some cropping, color enhancement and red eye fix.
  before after (this is George; I've been feeding him since he was weaned....but, he won't let me get close to him)  
before after
before after
before after

This one's for Paulamouse....nothing done to this pic.  My husband says it's 10 feet up.

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......ever just wanna fly away?

This one's for you, Kerry, my friend...

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Into the wind...
Life is good....  

Heron on a dock,  and on bended knee.

Instrumentationand music comes in many forms and interpretations.

And this and this and this and this just make you run for the camera.

I heard that this just might be one of his favorites...  so here you are:
Blue 1
Blue 2
Blue 3
Blue 4
and here is where they came from:
BackYardPan

After posting my walls and fence pix yesterday a number of you wondered if we had access to the protected land beyond our backyard ..  The answer is yes..  and it abounds in nature.  Here is but a glimps...Big Blue Herons, , , Lot's of WaterFowl, , ...  There is wild flowers galore to support the FlowerFowl,   , ... now maybe I will find the time to go shoot a few surfers..eh..