Up Close with Green Herons

Posted on by Melissa Penta

I have been chasing Green Herons since before I was a birder. I could never get good photos of them because they would fly off before I even saw them. The Herons from New Jersey were just too shy!

Green Heron

The only halfway decent photo I had of a Green Heron from 2009

During my trip to Florida earlier this year, I ended up having a few different photo ops with this species in a couple of locations.

Green Heron

Getting closer to the perfect Green Heron photo

I finally got the photos I’ve been wanting! Here are some of the better ones:

Green Heron

Green Heron at Viera Wetlands

Green Heron

Green Heron at the edge of a pond

Green Heron

Green Heron with little Gator friends

Green Heron

Green Heron stalking prey

Green Heron

Green Heron at Merritt Island NWR

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