After I got home from work today I decided to take a walk around El Dorado Park and see what I can see. Now be warned that I don't know what their all called. I need to give a bit more effort in identifying these birds, but it's late and I'm tired.
These first two are your normal visitors to El Dorado, but I've never seen the third bird pictured below, so if any of you viewers know, please post a comment telling me.
I've been in this park numerous times and have observed these guys standing in open fields quite often and never understood why. Now I've heard that they do eat rodents and gofers, but have never seen it. After watching this one land I decided to work my way towards him bit by bit. I stayed low and would crawl or scoot closer every few minutes until I got close enough to get some shots without scaring him off.
He started by standing there for quite some time listening and looking. I continued to wait patiently hoping to get some shots of him catching a meal. After about 30-45 minutes he darted his head down into a hole and came up with his prize.
For this last shot it was as if he was displaying his catch to me like a puppy with a bone.
Great shots Jim! The third bird is a black-crowned night heron. When they are young they are brown and white. You'll see them a lot, too.
ReplyDeleteNice capture with the great blue heron! That's a fat gopher he has. Quite the meal!!
Absolutely awesome shots! Love the DOF...these are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYour patience surely paid off. Way to go!
Those pictures are awsume.
ReplyDeleteYou're my hero. The Heron with the rodent is AMAZING! I can't a single get a picture of them, much less an entire series of them searching for dinner.
ReplyDeleteSucks to be the rodent
ReplyDeleteWow! These shots are incredible! Love the 3rd one...my favorite! That poor gopher. :( Great capture, though!
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