We were at a lake breakfast for a special occasion so I will let my camera talk.
I watched him flying over the lake and continued to keep an eye on him with the hope that he would land somewhere.
Oh yes, I can still move surprisingly fast with my damaged left knee, as long as I keep my leg straight, so it is a fast hop. As you will see below the bird landed at the far top end of the lake, so I made my way over there in a hurry. No need to say that the Herons are very skittish and they don't like people so I had to take care not to get close to him.
Everything was cool and I got some nice shots of the bird.
He did come down to land at the water feeder feeding side of the lake. So here I will show you this magnificent bird.
Look at the top left of the stone wall.
He is called a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) and he landed at the incoming stream that flows through a storm water channel.
It has been raining for the past two days and the water was a strong flow.
A closer look here below at his beauty.
Then he crossed over in flight to sit on a hay platform in the middle of the lake.
Took up the posture of a master of ceremonies.
I shouted and asked him to turn sideways for a pose and he obliged:)
The Herons are friends and breeds colonially in reeds with other birds such as, cormorants, egrets, ibises and other kinds of herons.
I have on occasion snapped some of them with frogs in their beaks and once also one with a snake. Posted all here in my blog somewhere, maybe 2 or 3 years ago.
This is the same lake of where I did my previous posts of the Red-Knobbed Coots and before that the Dad and baby post.
You can see them HERE and HERE
Note: All Heron information taken from my book; Birds of South Africa.
Authors: Sinclair. Hockey, Tarboton, Perrins. Rollinson and Ryan.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
