We’ve had a few cool mornings and less sunny days, but today the sun came out and it was warm enough for some ‘gators to haul out of the lakes and sun themselves. There’s one on the far side of this nearby lake, and in another test of my new camera’s super-zoom:
Last year we watched while Great Blue Herons nested and had one youngster in a tree in the middle of the conservation wetland behind our new home. We noticed activity recently so today I took some photos, and confirmed that they are back nesting there again …
Here’s our view; the tree with nest is visible in the second rear panel from right (not the closer/bigger tree to it’s left); now, with my new high zoom camera, let’s get closer, and closer still … and finally at maximum zoom (50x optical, and cropped)! A quite amazing level of zoom, compared to the top view where you can hardly even see the nest:
I’m sure there will be more photos of the nest, over the next few months …
I’ve seen two and sometimes three Sandhill Cranes together, during my walks – but I’ve never seen seven all together, before today!
Nice sunrise, too …
M&I / GBMINI 