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The Stare................ 
Deryck
18.12.2009 at 14:31h, License:
Squacco Heron
Anlie and I had an early morning visit to the ponds of Eco Park. We found this Squacco Heron standing still like a pillar in the shallow end of the pond. We stopped and watched him for a while, hoping he would actually catch something. all he did was stared.
According to Wikipedia:
The Squacco Heron is a small heron, 40-49 cm long with 82-95 cm wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Middle East. It is a migrant, wintering in Africa. It is rare north of its breeding range.
Their breeding habitat is marshy wetlands in warm countries. They nest in small colonies, often with other wading birds, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. 3-4 eggs are laid.
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To leave a comment please register firstFons van Swaal, 18.12.2009 at 14:53h
Fantastic shot Deryck.........;-))Quite different from our Heron , nice to see this species ..
Compliments,
F....
Werner R. Albert, 18.12.2009 at 14:57h
An exquisite portrait of this Heron.Great !
best wishes
Werner
Katharina Noord, 18.12.2009 at 15:12h
A very good portrait of this nice bird with excellent information.Katharina
Sir (IR) Tommes, 18.12.2009 at 15:34h
Goood sharpenes - nice Foto.regards Tom
MAURICE CLEGG, 18.12.2009 at 15:42h
fantastic capture.superb colours and detail in wonderful natural light.
regards, maurice.
Mark Billiau., 18.12.2009 at 15:44h
Splendid capture of this beautiful Heron in its most typical pose.Excellent sharpness, beautiful natural colours.
Good work, Deryck !
Mark
Barbara Neider, 18.12.2009 at 15:58h
your animal pictures are getting better and better, you could get the impression, that you're hardly at home but out with the animals all day long...How much time to you spend for a picture like this?
very impressive shot
LG Barbara
Eva Winter, 18.12.2009 at 16:18h
Ein wunderschönes Portrait von diesem Vogel. Deine Aufnahmen aus der Tierwelt sind einzigartig.LG Eva
Canan Oner, 18.12.2009 at 16:35h
A very different heron of what I saw till tis time....Excellent details and sharpness Deryck...Just wonderful..Hugs,
Canan
Anjeliqua-Maria Lesco-Thørmaehlen, 18.12.2009 at 17:02h
Really great portrait, wonderful colors,a really good description, great class work,
a lot of lots of love and nice weekend... Jeli
Semicolon, 18.12.2009 at 17:03h
I like the golden glimmer of the heron!!Great shot, Deryk!
ciao
Regi
j.a.j.jansen m., 18.12.2009 at 17:29h
Great colours and title, well done.Jan.
HamburgerDeern54, 18.12.2009 at 18:59h
When I opened this picture I just thought "wow". It's really brilliant !!best wishes, Ursula
Inez Correia Marques, 18.12.2009 at 19:43h
Wow, DeryckStunning sharpness.
Wonderful details on his feathers . it looks like he had his feathers deeped in gold oil !!
Marvelous
Jutta Grote, 18.12.2009 at 20:18h
Ein beeindruckend gute Aufnahme von diesem Vogel.LG jutta
Ushie Farkas, 18.12.2009 at 20:22h
WOWWWWWWWWW !! GRANDIOSE!!! Salut UshieIlidio Fernandes, 18.12.2009 at 20:54h
Excellent !!!Adele Oliver, 18.12.2009 at 20:54h
A superb image, Deryck ..... the sharp details really show off his beauty - and how different he is from our herons here!!best wishes, Adele
Mitsubi, 18.12.2009 at 21:24h
What a brilliant shot of a nice bird.LG Mitsubi
Silvia K-S, 18.12.2009 at 22:01h
excellent Deryckvery good portrait of this nice bird !!!!
bw Silvi
adriana lissandrini, 18.12.2009 at 22:50h
Wonderful! great sharpness and beautiful colors....Compliments, Adriana
Cary Maures, 18.12.2009 at 23:18h
what a profile.great details.HESAM SHADMAND, 18.12.2009 at 23:20h
+++wonderful!!!!!+++Hartmut Wohlfarth, 18.12.2009 at 23:32h
Beautiful photography and image sharpness !!!!Greetings Hartmut
s. sabine krause, 19.12.2009 at 8:57h
beautiful shot of the "staring heron" ; ))! beautiful blue beak and i just love the look of that "elegant" long feather in his neck! they do seem to stare a lot! i've seen some of our own native gray herons stand for hours – even on freezing days! – between giant rocks on a small "peninsula" reaching into the river… greetings, sabine.Frau Ge aus Rümpel, 19.12.2009 at 10:03h
fantastic, deryck! what an excellent shot again!Sue Thompson, 19.12.2009 at 10:05h
Just waiting patiently for breakfast to swim by .........Harold refers t these guys as the 'silent fishermen' :))
An excellent close up with very good detail.
Cheers
Sue
bayerlein ute, 19.12.2009 at 10:16h
eine starke aufnahme! wünsche dir einen schönen 4. advent. glg uteUlfert K, 19.12.2009 at 11:34h
An wonderful portrait of this Heron.Great !
greets
ulfert k
JOKIST, 19.12.2009 at 14:30h
+++ SUPER +++LG Ingrid und Hans
vittorio L, 19.12.2009 at 23:47h
Really a fantastic capture !!!Ciao
Vittorio
Astrid Buschmann, 20.12.2009 at 8:12h
This ist a fantastic picture of this beautiful bird in quite wonderful light, and the informations you tell us are very interesting.bw Astrid
nyhr, 20.12.2009 at 8:48h
Wonderful light with very stunning details of the bird. Very great.Greetings, Karin
Massimo Gherardi, 20.12.2009 at 10:00h
Fantastic shot, great in sharpness, colours, and light.Cheers, Massimo
Andreas Zschorsch, 20.12.2009 at 11:06h
Gelungene Aufnahme dieses Vogels. Wünsche Dir ein schönes Wochenende.LG Andi
KAITH FROM HELLAS, 21.12.2009 at 18:38h
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!paul jankovic, 23.12.2009 at 17:15h
Hi. That is some shot of this very elusive heron.Regards
Paul.J
Heidi Bollich, 25.12.2009 at 23:55h
Fantastic shot +++Greetings Heidi
Isabella und Jürgen Sachen, 30.12.2009 at 18:49h
Sorry if the translation is not always ok I translate with linguistic tools of google, again a very beautiful picture, the sharpness is ok.gruß Jürgen
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Inez Correia Marques, 1.01.2010 at 22:06h
Well done DeryckMark Billiau., 2.01.2010 at 10:07h
Congrats, Deryck !Mark
muhammad karim, 2.01.2010 at 16:20h
great color and nice shoot..best regards..karim
Maria João Arcanjo, 3.01.2010 at 11:26h
Fantastic Deryck! Amazing details and a great editing.Beijinhos~MJ
Majid mehraban, 3.01.2010 at 11:50h
fantasticmajid
BRYAN CRUTE, 5.01.2010 at 22:54h
WowGreat shot of this unusual Heron for me
Regards
Bryan
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