Great Blue Buddy
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My last post of a sunset and cloud reflections also shared my daily late afternoon/evening visitor, a Great Blue Heron, hanging at the pond alongside our little fishing pier perch.
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My Great Blue Heron Buddy
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Foraging the water, snatching a frog
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“Look quick, take a photo!”
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“GULP”
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Boy, s/he really didn’t give me much time before the gulps! 😉
Golden hour shots…….
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Great Blue Heron at Golden Hour
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We both kept our eye out for the alligators hiding in the waters around us.
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Here he comes……
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King of the Pond
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“I see you, Mr Alligator”
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As the sun went down each evening, the barrage of bugs eventually forced me inside. I hoped my buddy continued to keep track of those alligators before leaving for its night’s sleeping grounds!
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Photos by Donna 
Great blue beauty,
such beautiful birds,
such beautiful photos!
Thank you, Eddie, they are one of my favorite birds. They’re very photogenic, aren’t they!!
There are videos of Alligators eating Great Blue Herons. This one needs to be careful and fly further away.
Oh I know! If a gator is hungry, a gator will eat. Amazingly, they co-habitat somewhat well together, gators and herons/egrets. Ted at https://tpjphoto.net/ shares photos lots of times of them side by side. Scary to watch still, you just never know.
Great photos Donna and a ‘great’ buddy to have! 😊
Thank you, Mike! 😊
Wow sunset glow on a heron 😊 Beautiful!
Thank you very much! 😊
The golden light is glorious.
These go into my ‘Best GBHs’ folder. 😊
The sunset lighting is stunning! Love those photos!
Thank you!!
Always love the warm glow of sunset on the birds Donna. It reminds me of holidaying up the top end of Australia when you have to constantly keep an eye out for crocs, I guess it is no different for gators.
I love that warm glow on birds too, Ashley. There are a lot of alligators in our U.S. southeast, and we do have to keep our eyes out too, along with venomous snakes. No different!!
Great series of images Donna! Enjoyed seeing them!!
Thank you, Reed!
Wonderful photos, Donna. It’s always fun to see a heron catch and gulp and meal. Those with the golden glow are especially nice, and the gator rippling through the lit water.
Thank you, Ellen, it was certainly a great little perch for me!
Great captures and sensational closeups. Excellent work, Donna. 🙂 👍
Thank you very much, HJ! 🙂
Fine shots in beautiful light.
Thanks Belinda!
Love the golden hour hues… great series, Donna. But I can’t help feeling a bit bad for the hapless frog. 😉
Thank you, Eliza! I know, me too. I didn’t crop it too much so we couldn’t ‘see’ the frog too well. 😉
Gotta watch those gators.
I love the light shift in the pictures.
Thank you, Vic, I’m keeping my eagle eye out for gators!
An amazing buddy you got, Donna!! Awesome series!
Thank you, Indira!!
A beautiful series Donna!
Thank you, Sandra!
Dazzling photos! I love the look in the heron’s eye in the last photo… I guess the golden hour is dinnertime for everyone. 😉
Thank you very much, Barbara! For sure! 😅
Hi Donna, greetings from Finland! Hopefully your trip is going well. Nice series of blue heron 🙂
Thank you, Minna, it’s nice to see your visit! Hope all is well on your side of the world, best it can be! 🙂
All is well here! I have been really busy with my work since summer. I try to have some time to blogging as well 🙂
Love the gator! William
Thanks William! I have a few more gator shots coming in my next post. 😉
I love the pictures with the sunset glow in the Great Blue Heron’s face. ❤
Thank you, Tanja!
You are welcome, Donna! 😊
Absolutely stunning shots of this Blue Heron Buddy.
Thank you so much, Isabel!
I could easily do without the alligators. 😦
Awwww…..they are so beautiful, Gunta! 😉
Hello from Australia. Beautiful photos, Donna
Thank you very much and welcome to my blog!