Early Bird and the Golden Heron

Early Bird and the Golden Heron
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Uploaded by Cathy Curti on 04 Dec 2025 in Nakusp

Me, standing quietly, patiently, watching this heron, finger ready on my camera. The great blue heron patiently watches the water's surface, shrouded in golden morning sunlight as it hunts under a Vancouver Island pier. It strikes lightning fast, head first into the sea, face fully submerged, recoils back out with a tiny fish pinched between its large yellow bill. It's mornings like this, observing nature in action and capturing it, that make being an early bird up before the sun to catch the play of light as it first touches everything worthwhile.

Tagged: great blue heron sunlight nature outdoors ripple water animal bird waterfowl beak land stork vertebrate fluid reflection liquid black ciconiiformes wing
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